Senigallia Public Library

Senigallia Public Library
Автор
 
Год
 
Страниц
 
60
ISBN
 
0954428803
Издатель
 
WhiteWalls
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Поступления 2006 года

Описание:

Book DescriptionThis book is an in-depth analysis of a single project by Italian architects Massimo and Gabriella Carmassi: the renovation of an early nineteenth century marketplace and a slaughterhouse, located in the Marche region of Italy, to create the Senigallia Public Library. This project is an outstanding example of how the fabric of historic buildings can be used to make spectacular modern architecture. Instead of restoring the historic buildings to some mythical or idealized original state and adapting them to a new purpose, the architects have integrated existing structures into new constructions. The result is described by Richard Ingersoll in his informative introductory essay as "live-in archeology." Anyone who follows architecture, andarchitecture students in particular, will be interested to see how this project was realized. The architects masterfully use materials?metal, wood, concrete, glass, ancient brick?to create timeless spaces that have a unique...

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