Park Books International New Titles Autumn 2022

This new book by Labics, one of Italy’s leading architectural
firms, is devoted to the country’s architecture of public space.
Squares, galleries, loggias, porticoes, and courtyards, are the
elements that characterize Italy’s historic towns and cities—and
that make these places so endlessly attractive to visitors. Yet
the volume does not feature new designs by Labics themselves:
rather, Maria Claudia Clemente, Francesco Isidori, and their collaborators
set out to explore these enchanting spaces, to analyze
their history and typologies, and to document and describe them
through newly taken as well as historic photographs, plans, and
diagrams.
The Architecture of Public Space forms a captivating collection
of visually explained characteristics of these core elements of
Italian cities. It highlights the architectural solutions from the
thirteenth to the twentieth centuries behind the particular spatial
quality of these urban structures, and sets out how they are
being established for and used by the people.
A captivating visual description of
the famous public spaces that make
Italy’s historic towns and cities so
timelessly attractive
Also available:
Labics—Structures
978-3-03860-128-9
English
sFr. 65.00 | € 58.00
£ 50.00 | $ 69.00
ISBN 978-3-03860-128-9
Maria Claudia Clemente and Francesco Isidori are
the founding partners of Rome-based architecture
firm Labics. They also lecture and serve as
guest critics at international universities, such
as Cornell University’s School of Architecture in
Ithaca, NY, and Rome.
9 783038 601289
ISBN 978-3-03860-311-5