Heiner Thofern

Beautiful Games: Roman Entrances

Ute Eskildsen, Elisabetta Cristallini, Heiner Thofern , Paloma Tarrío Alves

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Steidl Verlag
05 September 2023

History of architecture

This book explores a uniquely Roman type of building, the palazzina -a four- or five-story residential structure of the most meticulous design, built during the Italian economic miracle between the 1950s and '70s. Beautiful Games focuses on the extraordinarily imaginative entrances of these buildings.

Over many years, Heiner Thofern photographed palazzine during his evening wanderings throughout the north and west districts of Rome. It was the intricately conceived and constructed entrances, realized mostly through collaborations between architects and artists, that particularly caught his eye. Beautiful Games reveals the varied treasures of Thofern's photographic archive, a rich collection that allows us to examine the particular sense of play and passion for beauty that shapes this era of Italian creativity, a delight in la bella figura, and a desire to constantly reinvent the possibilities of design and architecture.

The highly typological and formal quality of many Roman palazzine is due precisely to the establishment of a fruitful conversation between art and architecture, especially in

the atriums, which are occasionally new and surprising and always elegant and light. It is a heritage just waiting to be discovered... - Elisabetta Cristallini

Designed by: Paloma Tarrío Alves
Text by: Elisabetta Cristallini, Heiner Thofern
Edited by: Ute Eskildsen
Imprint: Steidl Verlag
Country of Publication: Germany
Dimensions: Height: 225mm, Width: 185mm,
Weight: 500g
ISBN: 9783969990605
ISBN 10: 3969990602
Pages: 112
Publication Date: 05 September 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Born in Bielefeld in 1959, Heiner Thofern was Deputy German Ambassador to the United Nations in Rome between 2015 and 2021. Already as a doctoral law student, Thofern cultivated a passion for architecture and town planning. His interests lie in the architecture following the Second World War, particularly that of Italy.

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Heiner Thofern

Beautiful Games: Roman Entrances

Ute Eskildsen, Elisabetta Cristallini, Heiner Thofern , Paloma Tarrío Alves

$70

Hardback

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