Mario Botta : architectural poetics. / txt
Architectural poetics
[Irena Sakellaridou].
- 240 p. ill. (chiefly col.) ; plans ; 21 cm. book
Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-234).
Contents: Introduction, Logic form, Richness of Meaning 6 -- Chapter One, Search For Order 13 -- Middle School in Morbio Inferiore, Ticino, Switzerland Library at the Capuchin Convent, Lugano, Switzerland Single House in Stabio, Ticino, Switzerland -- Chapter Two, Means of Creativity 30 -- Ransila Office Building, Lugano, Switzerland -- Banca del Gottardo, Lugano, Switzerland -- Single House, Morbio Superiore, Ticino, Switzerland -- André Malraux Theater and Cultural Center, Chambéry, France -- Single House, Breganzona, Ticino, Switzerland -- Mediatheque,Villeurbanne, France -- Watari-um Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan -- Union Bank of Switzerland, Basel, Switzerland -- Centro Cinque Continenti Offices and Residences, Lugano-Paradiso, Switzerland -- Single House, Montagnola, Ticino, Switzerland -- Home for the Elderly, Novazzano, Ticino, Switzerland -- Friedrich Durrenmatt Center, Neuchatel, Switzerland -- Chapter Three, Form and Meaning -- Church of San Giovanni Battista, Mogno, Valle Maggia, Ticino, Switzerland -- Cathedral of Evry, France -- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, U.S.A. -- Chapel of Santa Maria degli Angeli, Monte Tamaro, Ticino, Switzerland -- Jean Tinguely Museum, Basel, Switzerland -- Municipal Library, Dortmund, Germany -- Cumbre de las Americas Monument in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia -- Cymbalista Synagogue and Jewish Heritage Center, Tel Aviv, Israel -- Wooden Model of the Borromini Church San Cello alle Quattro Fontane, Lugano, Switzerland -- Church at Malpena Airport 2000, Milan, Italy 98 -- Chapter Four, A Matter of Scale 168 -- Caimato Office Building, Lugano Cassarate, Switzerland -- Residence Settlement, Novazzano, Ticino, Switzerland -- Row Houses and Villa, Bernareggio, Italy -- Gerbio Residences, Monte Carasso, Switzerland -- Museum for Modern and Contemporary Art and Cutural Center, Rovereto, Italy -- Offices and Housing, Maastricht, Netherlands -- Scientific College, Citta della Pieve, Italy -- Chapter Five, A World of Imaginations and Objects 212 -- Notes 226 -- Botta’s writtings 227 -- Bibliography 232 -- List of projects 234 --
"This volume presents the work of the Swiss born architect who worked as an assistant to such architecture giants as Le Corbusier and Louis I. Kahn before starting his own firm in 1970 and achieving international fame. Botta's characteristic respect for topographical conditions and regional sensibilities, his deft craftmanship, and the importance of geometric order in his work are evidenced in thiry projects that range from smaller residential buildings to such grandiose projects as the Church of San Giovanni Battista, the Jean Tinguely Museum and, most famously, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. This detailed study also includes the designs he created for furniture and the stage. Mario Botta: Architectural Poetics is a thorough survey of the architectural and design work that launched Botta into the pantheon of modern architecture." --
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Botta, Mario 1943- --Catalogs.
Architecture, Modern--20th century. Architecture, Swiss. Arquitectura Moderna--Suiza--Siglo XX