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Ernesto Nathan Rogers
The Modern Architect as Public Intellectual
Ernesto Nathan Rogers
The Modern Architect as Public Intellectual
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Architect Ernesto Nathan Rogers (1909-1969) was a towering figure in 20th-century Italian architecture, with a significant impact at the international level. Through the work of his collaborative firm (Banfi Belgiojoso Peressutti Rogers, or BBPR), the editorship of publications such as Domus and Casabella, and his teaching at the Politecnico in Milan, Rogers ensured a lasting influence on the field as a practitioner, theorist and educator. However his contributions have been largely neglected by scholarship outside of Italy.
Published as part of the Bloomsbury Studies in Modern Architecture series, which brings to light the work of significant yet overlooked modernist architects, this book re-assesses Ernesto Nathan Rogers' cultural legacy. It is the first comprehensive, critical work on Rogers in English, and emphasizes Rogers' vision for the role of the architect as a public intellectual, as well as his commitment to pursue a renewed path of professional and cultural research within the “Modern Project.”
The book also discusses Roger's willingness to challenge academic classicized monumentality as well as modernist stereotypes, to emerge as a leader of Italian design in the aftermath of World War II; his interest in all scales of design and planning, with a cross-disciplinary mentality; tradition in modernity; and criticality as a mode of practice, to bring a detailed account of the work and thought of Ernesto Nathan Rogers to an English-speaking audience for the first time.
With a foreword by Kenneth Frampton.
Table of Contents
List of Abbreviations
Series Preface
Foreword by Kenneth Frampton
Acknowledgements
Note on Translation
Ernesto Nathan Rogers Biography
Introduction
1. Criticality
2. Social Engagement
3. Teamwork
4. Cross-Disciplinarity
5. Internationalism
6. Masters
7. History
8. Civic Commitment and the Public Intellectual
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Product details
| Published | Jan 13 2022 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 248 |
| ISBN | 9781350210837 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Visual Arts |
| Illustrations | 87 bw illus |
| Dimensions | 234 x 156 mm |
| Series | Bloomsbury Studies in Modern Architecture |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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