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This book celebrates, by way of a dual narrative, the Italian
Cultural Institute in Stockholm, designed and furnished by Gio
Ponti to a commission from Carlo Maurilio Lerici. The essays aim to
examine the events linked to the commission of the project itself,
and to the planning and realisation of the building together with
its interior design. The volume contains a selection of images
taken from the Institute's historical archive, as well as a new
photographic reportage on the architectural and design elements
featured in this building. It is well-known that Ponti took a great
interest in Sweden (suffice it to think of all the space that was
devoted to Swedish design in the pages of the magazine Domus from
the early 1950s), yet it is fascinating to learn more and find
answers regarding the dynamics that lay behind the making of this
structure. Indeed, Gio Ponti managed to surpass the Swedish
architect Ture Wennerholm's original idea, to breathe life into a
project where the spaces, albeit organised according to function,
succeed one another in a harmonious play of broken lines and
different hues. Assisting him in the task were Pier Luigi Nervi and
Ferruccio Rossetti. Gio Ponti gave life to a "classical modern"
project in which art and architecture merge, proof that he had
overcome the limits that were set by the trends characterising that
day and age. In so doing, he laid the groundwork for a new course
in the cultural relations between Italy and Sweden. Text in English
and Italian.
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