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Gio Ponti A Stoccolma
L'Istituto Italiano di Cultura "C.M. Lerici"
Edited By Fulvio Irace
October 2007
Mondadori Electa, Milan, Italy
Distributed By Trans-Atlantic Publications
ISBN: 9788837056841
150 Pages, Illustrated, 8 3/8 x 10 5/8"
$62.50 Paper Original
The Italian Institute of Culture in Stockholm, resulting
from the Milanese architect's encounter with engineer Carlo Maurilio Lerici,
the perfect incarnation of the humanist engineer, is the most successful
example of Ponti's idea of architecture as the manifestation of a civilisation,
of living within the fruitful collaboration between different cultures.The
Stockholm building was intended to be - and succeeds in being - a total work
of art: that is, it is not confined simply to the spatial expression, but
is extended to cover all the elements of furniture that are here considered
to be an expansion of the architecture.With its fine state of conservation
and its rich array of original furniture, the Institute is unique of its
kind and thus a worthy subject to which to dedicate such a careful study
and meticulous reconstruction.
