Paolo Portoghesi: Architecture between History, Politics and Media

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Silvia Micheli (University of Queensland, Australia) Léa-Catherine Szacka (The University of Manchester, UK)

Paolo Portoghesi

Architecture between History, Politics and Media

Silvia Micheli (University of Queensland, Australia), Léa-Catherine Szacka (The University of Manchester, UK), Léa-Catherine Szacka (The University of Manchester UK) , Janina Gosseye (Eth Zurich Switzerland)

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Bloomsbury Visual Arts
26 June 2025

Art & design styles: Postmodernism; Individual architects & architectural firms; History of architecture

Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Modern Architecture

Through the work of the Italian architect, theorist and historian Paolo Portoghesi (1931-2023), this book offers a new perspective on postmodern architecture, showing the agency of other spheres of knowledge – history, politics and media – in the making of postmodern architectural discourse.

It explores how Portoghesi’s personal “postmodern project” was based on the triangulation of a renewed interest in historical architectural language, unprecedented use of media and intertwined links between architecture and politics. Organized in a sequence of critical chapters supported by the analysis of Portoghesi’s most significant architectural projects – including Casa Baldi (1959), The Mosque in Rome (1975–95) and his Strada Novissima exhibition (1980) – and publications, the book unfolds around the three main themes of history, politics and media.

Published as part of the Bloomsbury Studies in Modern Architecture series, which brings to light the work of significant yet overlooked modernist architects, the study features previously-unpublished archival material, interviews by the authors and articles from professional and mainstream press to present Portoghesi in his multifaceted role of mediator, politician, historian and designer.

By: Silvia Micheli (University of Queensland Australia), Léa-Catherine Szacka (The University of Manchester, UK), Léa-Catherine Szacka (The University of Manchester UK)
Edited by: Janina Gosseye (Eth Zurich Switzerland)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 232mm, Width: 154mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 360g
ISBN: 9781350408616
ISBN 10: 1350408611
Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Modern Architecture
Pages: 232
Publication Date: 26 June 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Silvia Micheli is a senior lecturer at The University of Queensland, Australia Léa-Catherine Szacka is an architect, writer and Senior Lecturer in Architectural Studies at the University of Manchester, UK

Reviews for Paolo Portoghesi: Architecture between History, Politics and Media

Micheli and Szacka’s book provides both an ideal point of entry and an insightfully useful framing of this indispensable figure in late twentieth century architecture. They extend an invitation to peer behind Portoghesi’s seductive photography, the Strada Novissma’s colourful facades, fantasies projected by stage-set domestic interiors, and his ambitions to gather a more complex world under the domes of Rome. * Fabrications *