Alberto Ponis, born 1933 in Genoa, was educated at Florence
University, where he qualified as an architect in 1960. He worked
in London with Erno Goldfinger and Denys Lasdun in 1960-64, under
the strong - and lasting - influence of the movements of modernism
and new brutalism then dominant in British architecture. He
established his studio in 1964 in Palau on the island of Sardinia.
Ponis has studied the natural conditions and social history of
Sardinia and has also done extensive research on the "stazzo",
Sardinia's typical rural building type. On this thorough knowledge
of conditions, traditions and requirements, an oeuvre of more than
300 residential buildings is founded. Each house is deeply rooted
in its environment and connected with the land and other dwellings
by the "sentiero", the path leading to and from it. They show a
natural modesty and simplicity and express the architect's great
formal skills and sensitivity. Alberto Ponis - Sardinia is the
first comprehensive monograph on this highly interesting and
original architect.Lavishly illustrated, it documents his life and
work and presents in detail eight selected buildings between
1965-98 that make traceable the evolution of Ponis's work and
philosophy.
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