The City Crown, or the 'Social Sublime'

Authors

  • Daniele Colistra Department of Architecture, Università degli Studi Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26375/disegno.12.2023.22

Abstract

I have read La corona della città (The City Crown, in english) (fig. 1) three times. The first time –but I don’t know if it can be considered valid– as a student, at the invitation of a Composition professor, who suggested: “Stop at Quaroni’s introduction, everything else is superfluous”. The complete reading took place a few years later, during my PhD years. I found the book flowing, at times amusing, thanks to the radical positions expressed in vehement tones. [read more]

References

Taut, B. (1919). Die Stadtkrone. Jena: Eugen Diederichs Verlag.

Taut, B. (1973). La corona della città (Die Stadtkrone). Introduzione di Ludovico Quaroni. Milano: Gabriele Mazzotta Editore.

Published

2023-06-30

How to Cite

[1]
D. Colistra, “The City Crown, or the ’Social Sublime’”, diségno, no. 12, pp. 227–232, Jun. 2023.

Issue

Section

Readings/Rereadings