Mid-Century Modern style today refers to a range of design languages developed around the middle of the twentieth century, with particular strength in post-war American design: clean forms, furniture raised from the floor, experimentation with moulded plywood, plastic, metal and glass, and a freer relationship between furniture and space. But reducing it to a formula …
Antonio Citterio has built a career that is difficult to understand by separating furniture, interiors and architecture. From seating systems for B&B Italia and Flexform to armchairs developed with Vitra and hotels designed by ACPV ARCHITECTS with Patricia Viel, a consistent method emerges based on proportion, use, technical precision and continuity over time. The luxury …
Brutalist interiors today do not necessarily mean an entirely grey home or the indiscriminate use of exposed concrete. The historical reference is more complex: in British New Brutalism of the 1950s, structural legibility, the direct use of materials and the power of architecture as an image were central; Le Corbusier’s béton brut later helped make …
Aldo Rossi developed one of the most influential bodies of thought in European architecture during the second half of the twentieth century, bringing together the city, memory, typology, drawing and everyday objects. With The Architecture of the City, published in 1966, he challenged the idea that urban form could be explained through function alone; at …
