The eccentric outsider. Or why Reyner Banham did not consider Giuseppe Samonà’s mega-project for the University of Cagliari

In 1976 Reyner Banham codified megastructure according to its mere pragmatism and lack of ideology, the essential qualities given by the British contribution – from Cedric Price to Archigram and their celebration of technology for a nomadic homo ludens. On this point he contrasted the Italian mega-a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Francesco Zuddas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Bologna 2018-12-01
Series:Histories of Postwar Architecture
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Online Access:https://hpa.unibo.it/article/view/8512