Ernesto Nathan Rogers - The Modern Architect as Public Intellectual

Architect Ernesto Nathan Rogers (1909-1969) was a towering figure in 20th-century Italian architecture, with a significant impact at the international level. Through the work of his collaborative firm (Banfi Belgiojoso Peressutti Rogers, or BBPR), the editorship of publications such as Domus and Casabella, and his teaching at the Politecnico in Milan, Rogers ensured a lasting influence on the field as a practitioner, theorist and educator. However his contributions have been largely neglected by scholarship outside of Italy.Published as part of the Bloomsbury Studies in Modern Architecture series, which brings to light the work of significant yet overlooked modernist architects, this book re-assesses Ernesto Nathan Rogers'' cultural legacy. It is the first comprehensive, critical work on Rogers in English, and emphasizes Rogers'' vision for the role of the architect as a public intellectual, as well as his commitment to pursue a renewed path of professional and cul