The Abstract House (Viale Beatrice d'Este, Milan)
building in Milan
Quotes on The Abstract House (La Casa Astratta) in Viale Beatrice d'Este 24, in Milan.
- I consider that apartment building (The Abstract House) our (Mariani with Carlo Perogalli and the painter Mario Ballocco and Francesco Magnelli) the best result in this area: the idea was not to make the condominium "disappear", but to see it as little as possible in a composition of only architectural elements coinciding with the structural parts of the house. We have thus created the abstract motif of the blue balconies, playing on the motif of color and on that of solids and voids[1]. (Attilio Mariani)
- In the Abstract House the synthesis of the arts [...] is also notable for the strong chromatic component: the facade of the building has a cladding in white marble and blue ceramic tiles. The decoration is expressed both in the free composition and in the choice of colors on the facade.[2]. (Carlo Perogalli)
- The synthesis of the arts [...] is also notable for the strong chromatic component: the facade of the building (The Abstract House) has a white marble cladding and blue ceramic tiles [...]. The decoration is expressed both in the free composition and in the choice of colors on the facade[3]. (Carlo Perogalli)
- The Abstract House is one of the richest and most significant buildings of the entire Concrete Art Movement (MAC). (Claudio Camponogara)
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- ↑ Quote of Mariani, in [1], Ordine Architetti Milano, Casa Astratta, Viale Beatrice d'Este 24, Claudio Camponogara, Elisabetta Dulbecco
- ↑ Quote of Carlo Perogalli, in Giuliana Ricci, Guardare l’architettura. Passato e presente negli scritti di Carlo Perogalli, un architetto moderno, Unicopli, Milano 2002 p.52
- ↑ Quote of Perogalli, in [2], Ordine Architetti Milano, Casa Astratta, Viale Beatrice d'Este 24, Claudio Camponogara, Elisabetta Dulbecco
