Inner pages 46-47, The Architect's Home, edit by Taschen. Image by METALOCUS.
The book "The Archtiect's Home" published by Taschen is one of those books that quickly surprise you as avid reader of good editions. Favorably surprised,with the work done by Gennaro Postiglione, collecting this group of architect's home, dwellings or shelters, some of them unknown even within profesional context. Usually it is easy to link an architect and his projects, however, to know the home of these architects, it is an exercise difficult.
The book achieves what only good books can do, catches you. You see an example and you wonder how lived this or that architect, and quickly you want to discover another page with other home. These are stories that have never been told, in many cases are only remodelations, projects only partially developed by the authors. In any case is an intense and interesting of architectural voyeurism exercise, well documented and photographed.
The selection of architects, as always, is questionable but in this case is because you would want more, much more because the book has focused particularly between northern Italy and the Netherlands, but far from being a criticism given the bulkiness of the book, it is actually the argument to edit a new voloumen that exceeding this virtual Berlin Wall that reflects the map of locations, with virtually no Eastern European architect or with notable absences in southern Europe.
In a time where paper has taken refuge again in what was its main support, the book, congratulations to Taschen for this work so well edited, a large but manageable volume, hardcover with jacket, 480 pages with couche paper and with an interesting content, highly recommended.
The editor and author:
Gennaro Postiglione studied architecture and completed post-doctoral studies in industrial design in Naples. He has been a visiting lecturer and professor in other countries and since 1998 has been teaching design in the department of Interior Design at Milan Politecnico. His research work focuses on interior design and on the relationship between architecture, culture and current events. Gennaro Postiglione is editor of Area magazine.
