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Terms and conditions applyModern Alpine Architecture in Piedmont and Valle d'Aosta: Contemporary Architecture in Turin
Antonio De Rossi
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Format: Book
Pages: 80
Publisher: Umberto Allemandi & C.
Date Published: Nov 2006
Stock Code: 60216
Binding: Paperback
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This book is a trek through Italy's Western Alps to discover the buildings that have been constructed in the mountains of Piedmont and Valle d'Aosta in modern times: the 'invention' of mountain landscape in the 18th and 19th centuries; the birth of tourism; the first winter-sports resorts; mass tourism; diversification of consumer models; current building types for a new way of living in the mountains.
A trip in stages, via the projects and buildings of architects such as Vittorio Bonade Bottino, Carlo Mollino and Aimaro Isola, to name but a few, that reveals the close bonds between Turin and the mountain chain surrounding it. A fascinating pocket history illustrated with sketches and photographs, this is part of a series reconstructing aspects of architecture in Turin throughout the 20th century.
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