Paolo Scrivano
Biographic Data
| ID | 5844238 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Paolo Scrivano |
| GIVEN NAMES | Paolo |
| FAMILY NAME | Scrivano |
| SIGNATURE | SCRIVANO P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Toronto |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0458-1263 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
West of Japan/East of Europe
Based on communications presented at the international symposium ‘West of Japan/East of Europe’, hosted by the Department of Architecture at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University in concomitance with the exhibition ‘Bruno Taut’s Hyuga Villa in Atami, Japan’, this text discusses the question of cultural translation in architecture departing from the example of Hyuga Villa, realised by Taut in 1936. Despite the inherently immobile status of architect…
Building Transatlantic Italy
At the end of the Second World War, America’s newly acquired status of hegemonic power- together with the launch of ambitious international programs such as the Marshall Plan- significantly altered existing transatlantic relations. In this context, Italian and American architectural cultures developed a fragile dialogue characterized by successful exchanges and forms of collaboration but also by reciprocal wariness. The dissemination of models an…
Architecture of Resignation
Entries
Signs of Americanization in Italian Domestic Life
Americanization is usually considered the major factor in Italy’s social and economic transformation after the second world war, so much so that the influence of the USA has long been taken for granted. However, this assumption is based upon a misleading account of the relationship between the two countries. A multifaceted process characterized by contradictory meanings, Americanization took various forms and developed in different ways. Indeed, …
Defining the Profession of Architect in the Twentieth Century
Anthony Alofsin, The Struggle for Modernism. Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and City Planning at Harvard (New York and London: W.W. Norton & Company, 2002), 311 pp., $60.00 (hb), ISBN 0–393–730484. Hélène Jannière, Politiques éditoriales et architecture ‘moderne’. L'émergence de nouvelles revues en France et en Italie (1923–1939) (Paris: Éditions Arguments, 2002), 377 pp., €24.50 (pb), ISBN 2–909109–26–7. Paolo Nicoloso, Gli architetti di …
Signs of Americanization in Italian Domestic Life
Americanization is usually considered the major factor in Italy’s social and economic transformation after the second world war, so much so that the influence of the USA has long been taken for granted. However, this assumption is based upon a misleading account of the relationship between the two countries. A multifaceted process characterized by contradictory meanings, Americanization took various forms and developed in different ways. Indeed, …
Defining the Profession of Architect in the Twentieth Century
Anthony Alofsin, The Struggle for Modernism. Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and City Planning at Harvard (New York and London: W.W. Norton & Company, 2002), 311 pp., $60.00 (hb), ISBN 0–393–730484. Hélène Jannière, Politiques éditoriales et architecture ‘moderne’. L'émergence de nouvelles revues en France et en Italie (1923–1939) (Paris: Éditions Arguments, 2002), 377 pp., €24.50 (pb), ISBN 2–909109–26–7. Paolo Nicoloso, Gli architetti di …
Signs of Americanization in Italian Domestic Life
Americanization is usually considered the major factor in Italy’s social and economic transformation after the second world war, so much so that the influence of the USA has long been taken for granted. However, this assumption is based upon a misleading account of the relationship between the two countries. A multifaceted process characterized by contradictory meanings, Americanization took various forms and developed in different ways. Indeed, …
Entries
Architecture of Resignation
Building Transatlantic Italy
At the end of the Second World War, America’s newly acquired status of hegemonic power- together with the launch of ambitious international programs such as the Marshall Plan- significantly altered existing transatlantic relations. In this context, Italian and American architectural cultures developed a fragile dialogue characterized by successful exchanges and forms of collaboration but also by reciprocal wariness. The dissemination of models an…
West of Japan/East of Europe
Based on communications presented at the international symposium ‘West of Japan/East of Europe’, hosted by the Department of Architecture at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University in concomitance with the exhibition ‘Bruno Taut’s Hyuga Villa in Atami, Japan’, this text discusses the question of cultural translation in architecture departing from the example of Hyuga Villa, realised by Taut in 1936. Despite the inherently immobile status of architect…
History (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Architecture (3 works) · Art (3 works) · History (3 works) · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society (3 works) · Visual arts (3 works) · Art history (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works)