ARCH PONTI - BA

ISBN: 9783836564397

Release Date: October 2017

English language

Dimensions: 216 x 262 x 13 mm

Hard cover

Pages: 96

Italian architect and designer Gio Ponti (1891–1979) is hard to define. With an extraordinarily prolific output and eclectic style, his work remains one of the most diverse and innovative in the history of design. Initially trained in architecture, Ponti soon moved into industrial and interior design, experimenting with ceramics, cutlery and glassware. Ponti's major works are spread across this sprawling overview, including structures of all types, from small residential dwellings to skyscrapers, schools and office blocks.

The house was one of Ponti's recurring interests and core areas of innovation. His flair for total design—a careful consideration of interior and exterior space—is mapped in the brilliant reproductions, floor plans, and drawings featured in this issue. Ponti's colorful, carefree and elegant spaces blended expressive neoclassicism with an emerging modernist sensibility.

The founder and almost lifetime editor of domus magazine has never stopped developing and reinventing his style. From the Denver Museum of Art to its collection of churches, from bespoke homewares to the symbol of modern Milan, the Pirelli Tower, this monograph provides an introduction to Ponti's exuberant creativity and illustrious career.

about the series

Born in 1985, the Basic Art Series has evolved into the best-selling collection of art books ever published. Each book in TASCHEN's Basic Architecture series features:

an introduction to the life and work of the architect

the main works in chronological order

customer information, architectural preconditions, as well as building problems and solutions

a list of all selected works and a map indicating the location of the best and most famous buildings

approximately 120 illustrations (photographs, sketches, drafts and plans)