Architecture

Italian Imprints on TwentiethCentury Architecture

Edited by Denise Costanzo, Pennsylvania State University, USA & Andrew Leach, University of Sydney, Australia This book critically examines the influence of Italian architecture on the evolution of architectural ideas elsewhere, exploring the privileged position of Italian architects, architecture, and cities in the architectural culture of the past century. Questioning the deep-rooted myth of Italy within architectural history, the book presents case-studies of Italy’s powerful yet problematic position in 20th century architectural ideologies. 20 chapters from distinguished international scholars cover subjects and architects ranging from Alberti to Gio Ponti, Aldo Rossi, Manfredo Tafuri, Vittorio Gregotti and question where, how, and why the disciplinary edifice of 20th century architecture relied on Italian foundations, examining where and how those foundations have become insecure.

UK June 2022 • US June 2022 • 336 pages • 85 bw illus HB 9781350257726 • £90.00 / $120.00 ePub 9781350257740 • £81.00 / $106.83 ePdf 9781350257733 • £81.00 / $106.83 Bloomsbury Visual Arts

Ernesto Nathan Rogers

The Modern Architect as Public Intellectual

Maurizio Sabini, Drury University, USA Published as part of the Bloomsbury Studies in Modern Architecture series, this book re-assesses the cultural legacy of Ernesto Nathan Rogers (19091969), a towering figure in 20th-century Italian architecture. It is the first comprehensive, critical work on Rogers in English, and emphasizes his vision for the role of the architect as a public intellectual, as well as his commitment to pursue a renewed path of professional and cultural research within the “Modern Project.”

UK January 2022 • US January 2022 • 248 pages • 87 bw illus PB 9781350210837 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781350117419 ePub 9781350117433 • £72.00 / $95.11 ePdf 9781350117426 • £72.00 / $95.11 Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Modern Architecture • Bloomsbury Visual Arts

Soviet Architectural AvantGardes

Architecture and Stalin’s Revolution from Above, 1928-1938

Danilo Udovicki-Selb, University of Texas at Austin, USA Soviet Architectural Avant-Gardes challenges conventional readings of the history of Soviet art and architecture, in which utopian modernism was practically prohibited by 1932 under Stalin’s totalitarianism. Radically redefining the historiography of the period, it reveals how the relationship between the Party and practicing architects was much more complex than previously believed, and shows, in contrast to the conventional narratives, how the architectural avant-garde was able to persist at a time when it was widely considered to have been driven underground.

UK January 2022 • US January 2022 • 264 pages • 72 bw illus PB 9781350288423 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781474299862 ePub 9781474299855 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781474299848 • £76.50 / $100.32 Bloomsbury Visual Arts Architecture, the Built Environment and the Aftermath of the First World War

Edited by Neal Shasore, London School of Architecture, UK & Jessica Kelly, University for the Creative Arts, UK Reconstruction explores the immediate and longer term aftermath of the First World War on the architecture of Britain and the British Empire during the interwar years. Written by leading and emerging scholars, this collection of essays considers the complex effects of reconstruction on design, discourse, practice, and professionalism, and deals with the full spectrum of architectural styles and approaches, privileging neither Modernism nor traditional styles like the neo-Georgian. It brings to the fore social and political histories of the built environment, and makes important postcolonial interventions into the architectural history of British Imperialism at home and in its far reaches.

UK June 2022 • US June 2022 • 288 pages • 42 bw illus HB 9781350152946 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9781350152960 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781350152953 • £76.50 / $100.32 Bloomsbury Visual Arts

Modern Architecture and the Sacred

Religious Legacies and Spiritual Renewal

Edited by Ross Anderson, University of Sydney, Australia & Maximilian Sternberg, University of Cambridge, UK Modern Architecture and the Sacred provides a timely reappraisal of architecture's manifold engagements with notions of the sacred in the 20th century. A wide range of case material is presented over 16 contributed essays – including the work of iconic modernist architects such as Le Corbusier, Alvar Aalto and Mies van der Rohe – which together demonstrate that sacred or semisacred buildings should not be dismissed as peripheral phenomena in modernism. On the contrary, such works have much to reveal to us about the deeper motivations and complexities at the core of the modernist project.

UK February 2022 • US February 2022 • 304 pages • 96 bw illus PB 9781350294356 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781350098664 ePub 9781350098725 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781350098718 • £76.50 / $100.32 Bloomsbury Visual Arts

The Place of Silence

Architecture / Media / Philosophy

Edited by Mark Dorrian, University of Edinburgh, UK & Christos Kakalis, Newcastle University, UK From the buildings of John Hejduk to auditory landscapes and the ‘loss of silence’ in the contemporary urban world, this book explores questions of sound and atmosphere through the lens of architecture and place, examining the diverse practices, politics and cultural meanings of silent places and buildings in historical and contemporary contexts. Featuring contributions by internationally recognized scholars in architecture and the humanities and connecting a number of themes – from the creation of atmospheric spaces to ideas of attunement and mood in architecture – The Place of Silence is the key scholarly resource on this oftenoverlooked aspect of architecture and architectural design.

UK February 2022 • US February 2022 • 304 pages • 45 bw illus PB 9781350294509 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781350076594 ePub 9781350076617 • £67.50 / $88.59 ePdf 9781350076600 • £67.50 / $88.59 Bloomsbury Visual Arts