Title Superstudio : life without objects / Peter Lang, William Menking

Edition First edition Published Milano (Italy) : Skira ; New York, NY : Distributed in North America and Latin America by Rizzoli International Publications, Inc. through St. Martin's Press, 2003 2003

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Description 231 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm Contents Only Architecture Will Be Our Lives / Peter Lang and William Menking -- Suicidal Desires / Peter Lang -- The Revolt of the Object / William Menking -- Memories of Superstudio / Cristiano Toraldo di Francia -- A House of Calm Serenity / Adolfo Natalini -- Journey to the End of Architecture / Piero Frassinelli -- Reflected Architecture -- 1966-68. Superarchitecture: to the Rescue! -- 1969-71. Superprojects: Objects, Monuments, Cities -- 1972-73. Superexistence: Life and Death -- 1974-78. Supersimple: Elementary Architecture Summary "This book, by examining over a decade of Superstudio history, seeks to recover the broad range of Superstudio's actions, projects, and critical ideology, in an attempt to explain the sublime beauty of their visions."--BOOK JACKET Notes This book published to coincide with the exhibition Superstudio: Life without objects Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Subject Superstudio -- Catalogs Superstudio (Group) -- Exhibitions. Superstudio (Group) Architecture -- Italy -- History -- 20th century -- Catalogs. Architecture -- Italy -- History -- 20th century. Architecture -- Italy -- History -- 20th century -- Exhibitions. Genre/Form Exhibition catalogues History. Catalogs. Exhibition catalogs. Author Menking, William. Superstudio (Group) LC no. 88849156 ISBN 8884915694

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