Paolo Portoghesi: Architecture between History, Politics and Media

The book offers a new perspective on postmodern architecture, highlighting the agency of other spheres of knowledge in shaping architectural discourse. It explores Portoghesis personal "postmodern project" and its triangulation of historical architectural language, media, and politics. The book is organized into critical chapters and features previously-unpublished archival material, interviews, and articles.

Format: Hardback
Length: 232 pages
Publication date: 19 October 2023
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Paolo Portoghesi's (1931-2023) book offers a fresh perspective on postmodern architecture, highlighting the influence of other fields of knowledge, such as history, politics, and media, in shaping postmodern architectural discourse. The book explores Portoghesi's personal "postmodern project" through the triangulation of a renewed interest in historical architectural language, extensive use of media, and interconnected relationships between architecture and politics. Organized into critical chapters, the book delves into Portoghesi's most significant architectural projects, including Casa Baldi (1959), The Mosque in Rome (1975-95), and his Strada Novissima exhibition (1980), and includes previously unpublished archival material, interviews, and articles from professional and mainstream press. Published as part of the Bloomsbury Studies in Modern Architecture series, the book aims to shed light on the work of overlooked modernist architects and presents Portoghesi's multifaceted role as a mediator, politician, historian, and designer.

Weight: 608g
Dimension: 174 x 240 x 19 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781350117136