Napoli super modern / edited by LAN, Local Architecture Network, Benoit Jallon, Umberto Napolitano & Le Laboratoire R.A.A.R. ; photographs by Cyrille Weiner ; with the collaboration of Andrea Maglio [and three others] ; translation into English, Bridget Mason.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jallon, Benoit, editor.

Napolitano, Umberto, 1975- editor.

Weiner, Cyrille, 1976- photographer.

Maglio, Andrea, contributor.

Mason, Bridget (Translator), translator.

LAN Architecture (Firm), editor.

Laboratoire R.A.A.R., editor.

Language:

English

Italian

Subjects (All):

Architecture--Italy--Naples.

Architecture.

Italy--Naples.

City planning--Italy--Naples.

City planning.

Naples (Italy)--Buildings, structures, etc.

Naples (Italy).

Buildings.

Physical Description:

232 pages : illustrations (some color), plans, portraits ; 31 cm

Place of Publication:

Zurich : Park Books, [2020]

Summary:

This richly illustrated book is a monument to modern urban construction in Naples. New photos by French photographer Cyrille Weiner, new sketches of important details and around 100 drawings show significant buildings with a wide range of different characteristics, dating from the years 1930-1960. They reveal how this Southern Italian metropolis developed its own form of Modernism, one that combined Mediterranean culture with local materials and a strong internationalist spirit. The book's line of enquiry and presentation follow the same methodology as with Paris Haussmann: A Model's Relevance (Park Books, 2017), which was produced by the same team, analysing the construction of Paris. This new publication about the legendary harbor city of Naples is just as attractively presented, with plenty of photos, a selection of essays and descriptive texts, along with sketches of important architectonic details, supplemented by plans and sections of all the documented buildings. The result is a lively portrait of a fascinating city that is both famous and infamous, but whose qualities and individuality in terms of architecture and urban development really should be better known.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Genesis / Umberto Napolitano

Assimilation Douce / Cyrille Weiner

Of a "Conciliatory" Modernity: Naples 1930

1960 / Andrea Maglio

Altermodern Naples: A Vademecum of "City Making" / Umberto Napolitano

Ultramodern Archaisms / Manuel Orazi

Becoming Modern / Gianluigi Freda

A Postil on Naples and Death / Manuel Orazi

Building Atlas Texts / Andrea Maglio

Fish Market

Maritime Station

Post Office Building

Istituto Nazionale Assicurazioni Headquarters

Villa Oro

Uffici Finanziari e Avvocatura di Stato Headquarters

Albanian Pavilion

Teatro Mediterraneo

Fuorigrotta Station on the Cumana Railway Line

Cubo d'Oro

Social housing in the Rione Cesare Battisti

Clinica Mediterranea

Mixed-use building in Ponte di Tappia

Building on the corner of Piazza Municipio

The Societd Cattolica Assicurazioni Skyscraper

Suditalia office building, now the INPS Headquarters

Residential building at Riviera di Chiaia, 206

Palazzo Delia Morte.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-229).

Other Format:

Italian edition

ISBN:

9783038602187

3038602183

OCLC:

1202593698

Publisher Number:

9783038602187