Architectural projects of Marco Frascari : the pleasure of a demonstration /
Sam Ridgway, School of Architecture & Built Environment , The University of Adelaide South Australia.
- xxii, 109 pages ; 26 cm.
- Ashgate studies in architecture .
Formerly CIP.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 101-103) and index.
Marco Frascari believed that architects should design thoughtful buildings capable of inspiring their inhabitants to have pleasurable and happy lives. A visionary Italian architect, academic and theorist, Frascari is best-known for his extraordinary texts, which explore the intellectual, theoretical and practical substance of the architectural discipline. As a student in Venice during the late 1960s, Frascari was taught and mentored by Carlo Scarpa. Later he moved to North America with his family, where he became a fulltime academic. Throughout his academic career, he continued to work on nu.