Lumpen people wander the streets of the Quartiere Tuscolano; bicycles wheel from the borgate to the new working-class districts; a helicopter flies over the empty grounds of the Aqua Claudia transporting a Christ statue to St. Peter’s… Such scenes fr
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In front of a thick cloud formed by seawater evaporating and coming in contact with lava from the erupting Hawaiian volcano Kilauea, a pair of tourists smile and pose for a selfie. This is the picture on the cover of Our Happy Life, the catalog of a
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Here is a renewed ‘manual,’ as intentional as it is flexible, structured into thematic essays on episodes that have been instrumental in shaping the city and urban landscapes. In the foreword Rafael Moneo explains that “the editors’ selection of argu
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