Ernesto Nathan Rogers

<p>Architect Ernesto Nathan Rogers (1909-1969) was a towering figure in 20th-century Italian architecture with a significant impact at the international level. Through the work of his collaborative firm (Banfi Belgiojoso Peressutti Rogers or BBPR) the editorship of publications such as <i>Domus</i> and <i>Casabella</i> and his teaching at the Politecnico in Milan Rogers ensured a lasting influence on the field as a practitioner theorist and educator. However his contributions have been largely neglected by scholarship outside of Italy. <p/>Published as part of the <i>Bloomsbury Studies in Modern Architecture</i> series which brings to light the work of significant yet overlooked modernist architects this book re-assesses Ernesto Nathan Rogers' cultural legacy. It is the first comprehensive critical work on Rogers in English and emphasizes Rogers' vision for the role of the architect as a public intellectual as well as his commitment to pursue a renewed path of professional and cultural research within the Modern Project. <p/>The book also discusses Roger's willingness to challenge academic classicized monumentality as well as modernist stereotypes to emerge as a leader of Italian design in the aftermath of World War II; his interest in all scales of design and planning with a cross-disciplinary mentality; tradition in modernity; and criticality as a mode of practice to bring a detailed account of the work and thought of Ernesto Nathan Rogers to an English-speaking audience for the first time. <p/>With a foreword by Kenneth Frampton.</p>