Suspending Modernity: The Architecture of Franco Albini
Biography
Kay Bea Jones is an Associate Professor of Architecture at the Ohio State University, USA.
'This study offers an intriguing interpretative framework with which to understand Italian architect and designer Franco Albini’s contribution to the debates that shaped discourse and practice in Italy and beyond during the twentieth century.’ Michelangelo Sabatino, University of Houston, USA
'This engaging and accessible book offers new insights into the extraordinary work of Franco Albini. Carefully researched and judiciously argued, it teases out the complexity and richness in the oeuvre of one of modernism’s most enigmatic architects. Kay Bea Jones writes with an architect’s eye for detail and a historian’s grasp of context. Her lucid prose and carefully constructed diagrams bring to light the work of a figure whose thoughtful and inventive projects earned the praise of Italy’s most important critics and influenced several generations of architects.’ David Rifkind, Florida International University, USA
'Suspending Modernity: The Architecture of Franco Albini, visually compelling and written in accessible language, will be a valuable resource for scholars, students, architects, and others interested in Italian modernism.' Journal of Architectural Education
'... Suspending Modernity offers a superior level of research and scholarly rigor ...' ARLIS
