Richard Serra – Dirk’s Pod
Steidl Verlag
ISBN 3-86521-089-9
Dirk’s Pod, one of the largest permanent installations by the American sculptor Richard Serra, was erected on the Novartis AG campus in Basel in May 2004. When this large sculpture was unveiled, a 128-page accompanying book was brought out by the Steidl Verlag from Göttingen. Besides articles by Daniel Vasella, Silke von Berswordt-Wallrabe and Richard Serra, it contains numerous photographs by Nic Tenwiggenhorn as well as Dirk Reinartz. Reinartz, who died in 2004 and was Serra’s long-standing friend and companion, has captured the tedious production process of the ten steles. The photographs of the final assembly and the completed sculpture were taken by Nic Tenwiggenhorn.
Cruelty and Utopia
Cities and Landscapes
of Latin America
Jean Francois
Lejeune (Editor)
Princeton Architetural Press
ISBN 1-56898-489-8
This collection of illustrated essays
describes the history of those ‘other’ American metropolises, such as Buenos Aires or Mexico City. Duly-authorized experts, amongst them Carlos Fuentes, introduce the single cities; they describe the development of the slums as well as the masterpieces of Latin-American architects from Luis Barragàn to Lina Bo Bardi. The articles are accompanied by illustrations, which interpret the reality of Latin America from an artistic perspective. Also printed is a revised translation of ‘Leyes de las Indias’ from 1573, containing numerous stipulations for urban planning, thus decisively influencing the form of Spanish
colonial towns.
Carlo Mollino
Architecture as Autobiography
Thames & Hudson
ISBN 0-500-28583-7
Carlo Mollino (1905–1973, Turin) was one of the most original and simultaneously enigmatic architects and artists of the 20th century. Mostly critics maligned him for his non-conformist attitude. His works, which comprised buildings, interiors and pieces of furniture, as well as photographs, scripts and stage sets, combined the influences of futurism and surrealism. The monograph published by Thames & Hudson concentrates on Mollino’s interior furnishings and furniture designs: Eighty master pieces of his works, which predominantly resemble sculptures, are documented by rarely published documents and photographs.
Su Mangiarotti – architettura
design scultura
Abitare Segesta
ISBN 88-86116-45-4
The architect Angelo Mangiarotti, born in Milan in 1921, is regarded as one of the most important protagonists of the Italian architectural scene. Nevertheless, the volume published in the series ‘SU’ abstains from recording the complete works of the much respected architect and urban planer. Forty partially unknown works from architecture, design and sculpture are presented in historic as well as recent illustrations, plans, sketches, and articles. Seventy percent of his material was so far unpublished. Another stimulus for the reader is the enclosed essay on ‘Constructive Systems in Architecture’. Mangiarotti himself has graphically designed this article.