The House at Capo d'Orso by Sebastiano Brandolini - ISBN: 9780262544962
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A Sardinian house holds family, art, memory, and a life examined.

The House at Capo d'Orso

A Sentimental Autobiography of a Holiday Home Built in the North of Sardinia in the Early 1960s

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  • Paperback

    272 pages

  • Release Date

    30 May 2023

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Summary

Rocks, wind, sea, and sky frame a house on the Sardinian coast, and the house frames a family’s life and art, suspended in memory.

How does a house shape experience? How does architecture establish a practice of living? Architect Sebastiano Brandolini invites readers on a meditative tour of his family’s house on the Sardinian coast, describing everything from the geology of the rocks beneath, to the history of the surrounding villages, to the way the shifting light measures the day. M…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780262544962
ISBN-10:0262544962
Author:Sebastiano Brandolini
Publisher:MIT Press Ltd
Imprint:MIT Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:272
Release Date:30 May 2023
Weight:369g
Dimensions:216mm x 140mm
About The Author

Sebastiano Brandolini

Sebastiano Brandolini is an architect based in Milan, a professor at the Milan Polytechnic, and the author of architectural monographs and guidebooks.

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