Bruno Zevi Book order

Focusing on the architectural design and cultural significance of the Joan Miró Foundation, this volume explores the visionary work of architect Josep Lluís Sert, who crafted a Mediterranean-inspired space that highlights contemporary art. Established in 1975, the Foundation arose from Miró's desire to showcase his and others' work permanently. The book features insights from the architects involved in its expansions, offering a comprehensive view of this important European art institution and its evolution over time.

The book showcases the architectural journey of Erich Mendelsohn, highlighting his early fame with the Einstein Tower in Potsdam and his mastery in designing dynamic, flowing structures like the Schocken department stores and the cinema complex in Berlin. Following his emigration in 1933, Mendelsohn's work continued in Britain, Palestine, and ultimately the USA until his death. Compiled by Bruno Zevi, it features over 1000 sketches, plans, and photographs that comprehensively document Mendelsohn's innovative contributions to architecture, making it essential for serious scholars.

SITE, a "multidisciplinary architecture and environmental organization", designed large scale commercial buildings that combine architecture, art, and technology with contemporary issues such as "ritual, irony, humor, entropy, disorder, and social/political statement. 112 pages, with a list of SITES projects, a bibliography, and 14 "Selected Projects" , briefly described and summarized in a black/white section, then more fully displayed in 79 pages of mostly color plates. An example? The Forest Building, a large Best catalog outlet, planned for a previously forested area, is fronted by the regulation sprawling parking lot placed in a natural clearing, but trees surround and almost obscure the edges of the building, and pop up through the roof as well; a nearby bank has a roof designed of about 35% trees rather than 100% asphalt. Fun and fascinating, but also thought-provoking architecture.