New Directions in Contemporary Architecture by Luigi Prestinenza Puglisi

New Directions in Contemporary Architecture by Luigi Prestinenza Puglisi

Through its story-telling dimension, this book traces the last 20 years of Western architecture focusing attention on the current situation that includes designers' eclecticism and style, the star system, urban and landscape design as well as the influence on architecture exerted by the so-called 'digital revolution'.

Luigi Prestinenza Puglisi is an architectural writer and critic. He teaches Contemporary Architectural History at La Sapienza University in Rome. He writes for: Domus, The Plan, L'Arca, Abitare and Architectural Design. He is the Italian correspondent for A10 new European architecture, Monument (Australia) and The Architects' Newspaper (USA). He is an editor for Le Carré Bleu. Prestinenza Puglisi is the director of the weekly presS/Tletter (www. presstletter.com) and curator of numerous exhibitions and events. He has written many books and is also the guest-editor of Italy: A New Architectural Landscape, Architectural Design, 2007.

His writings can be found online at: http://www.prestinenza.it

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ISBN 13	9780470518908
ISBN 10	0470518901
Title	New Directions in Contemporary Architecture
Author	Luigi Prestinenza Puglisi
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	John Wiley & Sons Inc
Year published	2008-04-04
Number of pages	240
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