Architectural Constants / [presented by] Romaldo Giurgola (Mitchell/Giurgola Architects).

Format:

Sound recording

Contributor:

Giurgola, Romaldo, narrator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture--Aesthetics.

Architecture.

Architecture, Modern--20th century.

Architecture, Modern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 audio file (29 minutes))

Place of Publication:

London, England: Pidgeon Digital, 1984.

Summary:

Romaldo Giurgola is an academician trained in Europe and reared in the Beaux Arts tradition. Born in Italy, he was educated in the University of Rome and then at Columbia, New York, and became an American citizen in 1958. He acknowledges a deep debt to his teacher Louis Kahn, about whom he subsequently wrote a book. Since 1958 he has been in practice in Philadelphia and New York with Ehrman Mitchell (Mitchell & Giurgola), winning many awards, and he has taught in many US universities and at the American Academy in Rome. In his talk he speaks of his convictions about architecture and its four constants - the definition of place, space as a fundamental of architecture, the link with the past, and the aesthetic environment - and he illustrates these with some of his own work including the competition-winning Parliament buildings at Canberra.

Contents:

Romaldo Giurgola, 1984

Philadelphia Life Insurance Company, 1961

Insurance Of North America, Philadelphia, 1975

Insurance Of North America HQ & United Fund HQ, Seen From The Parkway, Philadelphia

United Fund HQ

Penn Mutual Tower, Philadelphia, 1975

Tredyffrin Public Library, Strafford, Pennsylvania, 1976

Elementary School, Aviano, Italy, 1981

Lang Music Building, Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania, 1974

Lang Wainwright State Office Complex, St. Louis, Missouri, 1981

Worship Assembly Building, Benedictine Society Of St. Bede, Peru, Illinois, 1973

Columbus High School, Columbus, Indiana, 1973

Geology Library, Princeton University, New Jersey, 1980

Corporate HQ For A.B. Volvo, Gothenberg, Sweden, 1984

Canberra, Australia

Parliament House, Canberra, 1981 - 1987. Site Plan

Parliament House, Canberra, 1981 - 1987. View From The South

Parliament House, Canberra, 1981 - 1987. East Elevation Of House Of Representatives

Parliament House, Canberra, 1981 - 1987. Construction In 1983

Parliament House, Canberra, 1981 - 1987. North Elevation.

Notes:

Title from publisher's website (viewed April 24, 2021).

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.