Charlotte Perriand (1903-1999) is one of Modernism's inspirational heroines, a designer whose example makes others want to follow in her footsteps. In 1927, when she was only 24 years old, Perriand created "Bar Under the Roof," a type of steel ...

Neglected for most of her career, Eileen Gray (1878-1976) is now regarded as one of the most important furniture designers and architects of the early 20th century and the most influential woman in those fields. Her work inspired both modernism ...

Julia Morgan, America’s first truly independent female architect, left a legacy of more than 700 buildings, many of which are now designated landmarks, in cities throughout California, as well as in Hawaii, Utah, and Illinois. Her work spanned ...

Building Knowledge, Constructing Histories brings together the papers presented at the Sixth International Congress on Construction History (6ICCH, Brussels, Belgium, 9-13 July 2018). The contributions present the latest research in the field of ...

"L'arte fuori dal museo. Saggi e interviste" traccia un avvincente percorso che si snoda tra le pieghe del vasto fenomeno dell'arte ambientale attraverso la voce di protagonisti dell'arte contemporanea: artisti, critici, curatori, direttori di ...

Il famoso architetto Louis Kahn, ha avuto due figli illegittimi fuori dal matrimonio. Uno di questi, Nathaniel, il regista del documentario, da piccolo sperava sempre che un giorno il padre decidesse di vivere con lui e sua madre, ma invece Kahn ...

Born in Estonia 1901 and brought to America in 1906, the architect Louis Kahn grew up in poverty in Philadelphia. By the time of his mysterious death in 1974, he was widely recognized as one of the greatest architects of his era. Yet this ...