Oscar Niemeyer

Jean Petit, Mario Botta
Fidia edizioni d'arte

Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris)
Forces Vives

Leonardo Fiori, Massimo Prizzon
Editrice Abitare Segesta

Leonardo Fiori, Sergio Boidi
Editrice Abitare Segesta

Guia Sambonet
Motta Architettura

s.a.
s.e.

Herzog & de Meuron
Fondazione Prada

"Recounts the creative process that led to the realization of the Prada Aoyama Tokyo project executed by the Swiss architectural studio Herzog & de Meuron on behalf of Prada. The building's present appearance, the conception of which began at the end of 1999, is the result of a rigorous analytical study carried out on a number of fronts: on one side with an examination of the territory of the city and in particular the specific area involved, and on the other with an investigation of the type of objects that the structure would subsequently accommodate. The interlacing of these varying dynamics gave rise to the creation of the definitive shape of the edifice inaugurated in Spring 2003, which is documented in this volume in all its different phases of the elaboration process"--p. [5].

Romano Jodice
Bulzoni Editore

Mario Tinti
Rinascimento del Libro

Andrea Palladio
Editrice La Roccia

Andrea Palladio
Editrice La Roccia

Z. S. Makowski
Ufficio Italiano Sviluppo Applicazioni Acciaio