Mattiazi in Nothern Italy
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LIGNANO PINETA COMUNE DI LIGNANO SABBIADORO PROV. DI UDINE MONTE GRISA LOC. CONTOVELLO DISTRETTO I DI TRIESTE PROV. DI TRIESTE MATTIAZZI IN NORTHERN ITALY

MATTIAZZI IN NORTHERN ITALY

From West to East Who set themselves the task of always doing their utmost. You may like these places or not. However, it is definitely worth taking a closer look at the real achievements and concerns of Italy’s post-war architects. Since there is one thing we can all definitely learn from them: attitude. They embody the strength of will necessary to put our full effort into ideas that may appear crazy. Where the only thing that counts in the end is the precise implementation of a design – as if there were a higher need for exactly this shape, this building, on this site. Hubert Filser This...

MC 11 Uffici Table by Nitz an Cohen MC 10 Clerici by Konstantin Grcic MC 9 Uncino by Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec MC 8 Chiaro by Leon R ansmeier MC 7 R adice by Sam Hecht / Industrial Facilit y MC 6 Fionda by Jasper Morrison MC 5 Solo by Studio Nitz an Cohen From West to East MATTIAZZI COLLECTION MC 12 Tronco by Sam Hecht /  Industrial Facilit y MC 4 Medici by Konstantin Grcic MC 5 MC 3 Osso by Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec MC 2 Br anca by Sam Hecht / Industrial Facilit y MC 1 He said / She said by Studio Nitz an Cohen

COMUNE DI PORTESE DISTRETTO XIV DI SALO PROV. DI BRESCIA LA SCALA Summer House, Via Benaco 11 Portese del Garda, San Felice del benaco. Architect: Vittoriano Vigand, built 1957-1960 for Andre Bloc, founder and publisher of the magazine "L 'Architecture d‘Aujourd‘hui". 7 CASA LA SCALA PORTESE

THiS BUILDiNG TELLS a Tale OF GRANDEZZA. Mr Vergani, the 87-year-old owner of the LA sCALA residence on the western shore of Lake Garda has come over from his home at Lake Lugano to open the gate for us personally. of course, he is still driving his Jaguar himself and as part of his welcome he also insists on mixing his guests a Campari Soda, with hands that are shaking ever so slightly. Then, with a friendly wave, Mr Vergani invites us out onto the patio. The lake is calm late on this hazy afternoon and in the distance we can make out the old pala-zzi on the isola del Garda. The old...

11 MEDICI LOUNGE THERMO ASH FRAME CASA LA SCALA PQRTESE

15 MEDICI BENCH TWO SEATER THERMO ASH FRAME CASA LA SCALA PORTESE

16 right: sHe said chair ash frame left: Medici Lounge / table / stool Ash Frame

right: He said chair ash frame left: He said chair / she said chair ash frame

20 UNCINO VERSION B / UNCINO VERSION A ASH FRAME CASA LA SCALA PORTESE

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right: clerici lounge two seater upholstery oak frame left: clerici lounge one seater upholstery oak frame

26 CLERIC! LOUNGE TWO SEATER UPHOLSTERY OAK FRAME CASA LA SCALA PORTESE

A LIGNANO PINETA , QUERINI STAMPALIA FOUNDATION, Castello 5252, Venice. Architect: Carlo Scarpa, reconstruction of the ground floor, 1959 -1963. 29 querini stampalia Venice

WHEN A STRONG WIND IS BLOWING 30 ... the tides into Venice's lagoons during the cold months of the year, the water levels at the old palazzo near the Church of santa Maria Formosa also begin to rise. The canal water then flows through the forged paled gates, begins to climb up the steps in the vestibule and then cascades through specially built drainage channels into the space left of the gates. a little of the lagoon also fills up a narrow groove at the foot of a wall in the room on the right, swirling around the short walls protecting the interior space with its beautifully radiant...

33 solo cH.„ ash frame QUERINI STAMPALIA VENICE

34 souo cM,r ash frame QUERINI STAMPALIA VENICE

37 solocH«,,SHfraMe QUERINI STAMPALIA VENICE

38 UNCINO VERSION A ASH FRAME QUERINI STAMPALIA VENICE

41 UNOINO VERSION A / UNCINO VERSION B ASH FRAME QUERINI STAMPALIA VENIOi

right: Uncino version a ash frame left: Uncino version b ash frame Querini stampalia

clerici lounge one seater oak frame next three double pages: clerici bench three seater ash frame Querini stampalia

52 right: clerici bench three seater iroKo frame left: clerici bench three seater ash frame Querini stampalia

LIGNANO PINETA COMUNE DI LIGNANO SABBIADORO PROV. DI UDINE VILLA MAINARDIS Summer House, Lignano Pineta, Raggio di Levante / Arco del Maestrale. Architect: Marcello D'Olivo, built 1955 -1957. 55 villa mainardis lignano pineta

56 ...except pine forests with their dark tree trunks: no tourists at the Adriatic, no Li-gnano Pineta, no bagni with their endless rows of sunloungers. The nearby marshes of the Lagune di Marano had only just been drained. Then Marcello D'Olivo came along with his idea of a rural holiday resort. The architect was not just a fan of the geometry of arcs and sinus curves, but of grandiose designs as well. it was an era of great utopian futures. With his visions he garnered the enthusiastic support of film makers and authors. Ernest Hemingway was even on site to hear him explain his new town....

59 osso low stool ash ™„e VILLA MAINARDIS LIGNANQ PINETA

61 osso CHAIR / LOW STOOL / TABLE ASH FRAME VILLA MAINARDIS LIGNANO PINETATA

62 osso CHAIR / LOW STOOL / STOOL / TABLE ASH FRAME VILLA MAINARDIS LIGNANO PINETA

64 branca chair / table ash frame Villa mainardis lignano pineta

right: chiaro lounge ash frame left: branca stool ash frame Villa mainardis lignano pineta

68 right: chiaro armchair ash frame left: radice chair ash frame Villa mainardis lignano pineta

RIGHT: Radice chair ash frame left: radice chair / counter stool ash frame Villa mainardis lignano pineta

74 fionda side chair outdoor / table outdoor teak frame Villa mainardis lignano pineta

MONTE GRISA LOC. CONTOVELLO DISTRETTO I DI TRIESTE PROV. DI TRIESTE TEMPLE OF MONTE GRISA, PILGRIMAGE CHURCH, Antonio Guacci, Prosecco, Trieste. Architect: Antonio Guacci, built 1959 -1966. 77 TEMpLE oF MoNTE GRIsA