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This unique publication marks the centenary of the birth of one of the masters of modern Italian and international architecture. The book springs from the discovery of Giuseppe Terragnis original photographic archive and also from an extensive re-reading of the architects built work by Paolo Rosselli, one of Italys leading contemporary photographers. This is an unusual scientific and publishing project and differs from the extensive historical and analytical material that has been published on the architect and his works in the past few decades. The publication is an opportunity for contemporary reflection on the active value of an architectural body of work that today is still conceptually and in design terms very rich. The work of Terragni including the immaterial Casa del Fascio, the Novocomum residence, the compositional and spatial abstraction of the Casa Frigerio and the SantElia institute, the private homes of Milan and the war memorials is revisited in a surprising way through the eye of the architect himself, who methodically documented the various construction phases of his work, including the buildings themselves on completion. At the same time, Atlante Terragni is enhanced by the photographic work of Paolo Rosselli, who looks at the buildings of this Como architect and reveals, in a unique way, an unexpected and fascinating world of colours, transparencies, materials and spaces. This rich photographic material, a type of visual and critical journey of Terragnis works, is complemented by Daniel Liebeskinds thorough introductory essay tracing the principal projects and works, fleshing out strong points for contemporary debate. In addition, the publication contains a series of period documents created by Terragni himself and that are a counterpoint to Rossellis work, and a series of brief controversial texts to advertising images designed especially by Terragni for magazines he worked on. December 2004
