{"title":"Valerio Paolo Mosco","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eValerio Paolo Mosco\u003c\/strong\u003e offers insightful explorations into the rich intersections of art and culture, delving into architectural expression and its broader cultural implications. Readers can expect thoughtful analyses that illuminate the creative processes behind some of the most compelling contemporary art and design movements.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a focus on visual and spatial narratives, Mosco’s work invites reflection on how architecture shapes and reflects societal values. His books serve as a valuable resource for anyone interested in the dialogue between artistic innovation and cultural identity.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"andrea-vallicelli-by-valerio-paolo-mosco-9788857241944","title":"Andrea Vallicelli","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eForty years of boat design told by a major architect.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eForty years of history, not only of boat design, but of the boating world in general. \u003cem\u003eAndrea Vallicelli\u003c\/em\u003e, the designer of Azzurra for the first Italian America's Cup, narrates everything in an exciting story, fine-tuned with Valerio Paolo Mosco, who makes us participants in a story, that of the boating world, which is still mainly unchartered. Vallicelli shows us not only the boats of his studio, and how they were conceived, made and their success, but in general how yacht design has always been based on a constant intermingling between innovation and intuition of the past and how, precisely for this reason, still today it is one of design's greatest expressions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe book is also a precious collection of drawings, mostly previously unpublished, that bear witness to the evolution of design representation techniques: from pencils to software.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAndrea Vallicelli, an architect, is also a yacht designer of international standing. He was the first in Italy to direct a university course in Boating Industrial Design. He has taught at numerous Italian universities, including the Università di Palermo, Roma-La Sapienza, Florence, Politecnico di Milano and Chieti-Pescara, where he currently teaches Design 2. The designer of Azzurra, he has conducted much research applied mainly to boating, designing numerous boats built in Europe and in America and vastly published in international magazines. He has also won many national and international awards and recognitions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47423770001644,"sku":"9788857241944","price":145.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/61yXIQKPY_L._SL1500.jpg?v=1774429986"},{"product_id":"naked-architecture-by-valerio-paolo-mosco-9788857204727","title":"Naked Architecture","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNaked Architecture\u003c\/em\u003e by Valerio Paolo Mosco provides an account of one of the most interesting phenomena of contemporary architecture: the return to the structure and methods with which contemporary constructions are realised.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOver the last ten years, architecture seems to have rediscovered engineering. With the Postmodern period, where the structure of buildings was camouflaged by coverings of every kind, now behind us, architecture today appears to have undressed. It's almost as though it wishes to show how it is made, rendering this spectacle evident.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn the other hand, the rediscovery in recent years of plastic form has nurtured a closer relationship between architects and engineers. In the wake of the phenomenon inaugurated by the work of Santiago Calatrava, figures like engineer-architects Cecil Balmond, Sasaki, and Guy Nordenson have emerged. They have been able to give a strongly \"engineering-oriented\" guise to increasingly complex building sites.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMoreover, there is a rising of new issues, such as environmental engineering, which has transitioned from being a specifically technical domain to engaging with other realms of knowledge, including aesthetics. If there is a unifying phenomenon today within the various expressions of contemporary architecture, it is precisely this return to the structure and methods with which it is realised.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47455661588716,"sku":"9788857204727","price":72.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/61u2E7WoObL._SL1500.jpg?v=1774790092"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/valerio-paolo-mosco.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}