Beauty's Rigor: Patterns of Production in the Work of Pier Luigi Nervi
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| Rating | : | 4.82 (912 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0252041127 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-10-13 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
What emerges is the first complete account of Nervi's contributions to modern architecture and his essential role in a revolution that realized concrete's potential to match grace with strength.. His buildings showed how the use of reinforced concrete expanded the possibilities of form and structure. The results were buildings that matched awe-inspiring spans with surprisingly human scale. His methods, meanwhile, ingrained his structures with patterns that came directly out of his economical, manual construction processes. Born in Sondrio, Italy, in 1891, Per Luigi Nervi was a pioneer in the engineering and architecture of reinforced concrete. Drawing on the Nervi archives and a wealth of photographs and architectural drawings, Thomas Leslie explores celebrated buildings like Palazetto dello Sport built for the 1960 Rome Olympics
In addition to reproducing rarely seen documents Leslie has used them to create not only verbal but visual analysis. "A superbly conceived and argued presentation of the work of a designer who commands a surprisingly meager bibliography despite his historical importance, contemporary relevance, and stunning corpus of masterful designs that are still prominent in the cityscapes of two continents. His passion and commitment shines through the text."--Barry Bergdoll, author of European Architecture: 1750 -1890