Vittorio Gregotti. Architect of the Modern Project

Lorenzo Ciccarelli

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Routledge
31 March 2025

Theory of architecture; History of architecture; Cultural studies; Civil engineering, surveying & building

Series: Routledge Research in Architecture

This is not only a book about Vittorio Gregotti’s projects and works, but rather a historical‑critical analysis of his peculiar figure. Like a few others, Gregotti embodied the model of the architect‑intellectual that characterised post‑war Italian design culture. Editor of leading magazines, author of influential books and essays, professor at prestigious universities, curator of memorable exhibitions and events such as the 1976 Venice Biennale and founder of a firm that developed a wide range of projects for over 40 years, Gregotti tenaciously occupied all the territories available to the architectural profession, promoting cultural and design trends and triggering long‑lasting controversies.

This book examines the formation of Gregotti’s theoretical positions around the notions of territory and modification, the connection with the profession, the relationship with history and the tradition of modern architecture, the notion of critical internationalism and the idea of the city and urban design in an era of increasing disurbanism. All aspects of a cultural project aimed at shaping and elaborating a certain tradition of modern architecture in the different social and economic conditions of his time, namely the emerging society of entertainment and consumption, and then of information technologies and global financial markets.

This work will be of interest to postgraduate researchers and academics in architectural theory and history, as well as urban design and planning theory and history.

By: Lorenzo Ciccarelli
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781032902746
ISBN 10: 1032902744
Series: Routledge Research in Architecture
Pages: 184
Publication Date: 31 March 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

List of figures Acknowledgements Introduction 1. The Architect’s Territory 2. Avant-garde and Profession 3. The Construction of the Past 4. Critical Internationalism 5. City and Resistance Conclusion Appendix Bibliography Works and Projects Index

Lorenzo Ciccarelli is Associate Professor in History of Architecture at the University of Florence. His research focuses on modern and contemporary architecture in a global perspective, with special attention to cultural migrations and labour organisation strategies.

Reviews for Vittorio Gregotti. Architect of the Modern Project

“Lorenzo Ciccarelli delivered a brilliant comprehensive study of the work of the ltalian architect-intellectual Vittorio Gregotti who was particularly active as a professional architect and as a critical intellectual between the middle of the last century and the early years of this present century.” Kenneth Frampton, Emeritus Professor of Architecture at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation at Columbia University, New York “Vittorio Gregotti’s importance as an architect, critic and editor cannot be overstated. His Casabella shaped what was known and said about architecture for decades; through his own practice he reset architectural design and production for a territorial scale. In this fine new book, Lorenzo Ciccarelli introduces a legacy in the making, locating and articulating Gregotti’s significant contribution to architecture since the end of the 1940s as questions of history, institutions and thought.” Andrew Leach, Professor of Architecture, University of Sydney.