{"product_id":"9781350408616","title":"Paolo Portoghesi : Architecture between History, Politics and Media (Bloomsbury Studies in Modern Architecture)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThrough the work of the Italian architect, theorist and historian Paolo Portoghesi (1931-2023), this book offers a new perspective on postmodern architecture, showing the agency of other spheres of knowledge - history, politics and media - in the making of postmodern architectural discourse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt explores how Portoghesi's personal \"postmodern project\" was based on the triangulation of a renewed interest in historical architectural language, unprecedented use of media and intertwined links between architecture and politics. Organized in a sequence of critical chapters supported by the analysis of Portoghesi's most significant architectural projects - including Casa Baldi (1959), The Mosque in Rome (1975-95) and his Strada Novissima exhibition (1980) - and publications, the book unfolds around the three main themes of history, politics and media. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePublished as part of the Bloomsbury Studies in Modern Architecture series, which brings to light the work of significant yet overlooked modernist architects, the study features previously-unpublished archival material, interviews by the authors and articles from professional and mainstream press to present Portoghesi in his multifaceted role of mediator, politician, historian and designer.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Visual Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48967097024747,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":73.15,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/4484\/5803\/files\/9781350408616-1.jpg?v=1783098542","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.sg\/products\/9781350408616","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Singapore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}