Beautiful Games

Roman Entrances

Heiner Thofern (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

104 Seiten

2023
Steidl Verlag
978-3-96999-060-5 (ISBN)

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This book explores a uniquely Roman type of building, the palazzina-a four- or five-story residential structure of the most meticulous design, built during the Italian economic miracle between the 1950s and '70s. A Beautiful Game focuses on the extraordinarily imaginative entrances of these buildings.Over many years, Heiner Thofern photographed palazzine during his evening wanderings throughout the north and west districts of Rome. It was the intricately conceived and constructed entrances, realized mostly through collaborations between architects and artists, that particularly caught his eye. Beautiful Games reveals the varied treasures of Thofern's photographic archive, a rich collection that allows us to examine the particular sense of play and passion for beauty that shapes this era of Italian creativity, a delight in la bella figura, and a desire to constantly reinvent the possibilities of design and architecture.

Born in Bielefeld in 1959, Heiner Thofern was Deputy German Ambassador to the United Nations in Rome between 2015 and 2021. Already as a doctoral law student, Thofern cultivated a passion for architecture and town planning. His interests lie in the architecture following the Second World War, particularly that of Italy.

Erscheinungsdatum	31.08.2022
Verlagsort	Göttingen
Sprache	englisch
Maße	185 x 225 mm
Gewicht	520 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Fotokunst
Schlagworte	Architektur • Eingänge • Gebäude • Palazzo • Rom • Römisch
ISBN-10	3-96999-060-2 / 3969990602
ISBN-13	978-3-96999-060-5 / 9783969990605
Zustand	Neuware