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Bruno Zevi (22 January 1918 – 9 January 2000) was an Italian architect, historian, professor, curator, author, and editor. Zevi was a vocal critic of "classicizing" modern architecture and postmodernism .
A classic book that explores the history and essence of architecture as space, with illustrations and diagrams. Learn how Bruno Zevi defines and analyzes the interior and exterior qualities of buildings, cities, and landscapes.
Bruno Zevi: 1918-2000 Bruno Zevi was the doyen of Italian architectural historians and critics and the foremost European interpreter of the American 'Organic' tradition in architecture. He introduced the work of Frank Lloyd Wright to Italian colleagues at the end of the Fascist era, offering his work as a palliative to the Neo-Classicism and quasi-
- Dennis Sharp
- 2000
Dec 20, 2018 · One hundred years after his birth, the prolific work of Roman architect Bruno Zevi continues to engage current problems in theory and criticism, and deserves to be revisited. From the publication of Towards an Organic Architecture, in 1945, to his monograph on Erik Gunnar Asplund published the very year of his death in 2000, many of his books ...
Jan 24, 2019 · Geoffrey Scott’s Fallacies in Zevi’s Theoretical Corpus 1945–1950. Throughout Zevi’s career, as evidenced in his writings, Scott continued to be a reference and an avid support for his arguments and claims. Scott’s fallacies, in particular, provided the theoretical basis for Zevi’s corpus. Verso un’architettura organica (1945 ...
- Raúl Martínez Martínez
- 2019
Bruno Zevi was a prominent figure in Italian architecture, culture and politics. He studied in Rome, London and Harvard, and became a champion of organic architecture and a critic of modernism and postmodernism.
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May 31, 2018 · A MAXXI exhibit showcases Zevi's life, work and media as an architectural critic, theorist and public intellectual. It also presents a diverse history of Italian architecture after WWII based on Zevi's selection of projects and quotes.
