Book Presentation and Talk
History of Italian Architecture from 2000 to Today
by Luigi Prestinenza Puglisi
In conversation with Francesco Conserva | Vice President of Open Project
History of Italian Architecture from 2000 to Today is the latest book by Luigi Prestinenza Puglisi, one of Italy’s most important architecture critics.
The volume is a compelling collection that brings to light numerous architects and architectural works—both well-known and previously unpublished—and reconstructs, through the lens of architecture, the country’s most recent decades.
A thought-provoking book that offers valuable insight into the contemporary scene and the architectural trends of the near future.
Luigi Prestinenza Puglisi graduated in architecture in Rome in 1979 and specialized in urban planning in 1980. He teaches History of Contemporary Architecture at Sapienza University of Rome.
He is one of the most active architecture critics working in Italy. He pioneered the use of the web’s potential by launching, in 2003, a newsletter for Italian architects: presS/Tletter and presS/Tmagazine.
His books anticipated the Italian architectural debate on key contemporary themes and figures. Among his major works is Rem Koolhaas. Trasparenze metropolitane, through which he introduced the Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas to the Italian public; in HyperArchitettura and Birkhäuser, he addressed the relationship between architecture and digital technologies; with This is Tomorrow, avanguardie e architettura contemporanea, he offered insights for reassessing the radical architecture of the 1960s and 1970s.