Francesco Dal Co is professor of history of architecture at the Istituto Universitario di Architettura Venezia (IUAV) and director of the architecture magazine Casabella. His many publications include Modern Architecture (with Manfredo Tafuri) and Centre Pompidou: Renzo Piano, Richard Rogers, and the Making of a Modern Monument (Yale).
“[Dal Co] sets out again to trace the circumstances that
enabled the realization of a building so resistant to the orthodoxy
hardening around it. Drawing from correspondence, theoretical
discussions, technical analyses, and substantial previous
scholarship, he illustrates the charged climate surrounding the
genesis of the Guggenheim, condensing decades into a narrative of
overlapping events to arrive at new interpretations of Wright’s
masterpiece.”—Kelly Chan, Metropolis
“Dal Co . . . [makes] a strong case for the Guggenheim as a
masterpiece. No architect less visionary than Wright—or less
dedicated to his own vision—could have accomplished so much.”—
Stanley Abercrombie Interior Design
"An absorbing history and technical analysis behind the design of
the landmark structure."—Suzanne Stephens, Architectural
Record
'…copiously illustrated introduction to the most loved and loathed
museum building.’ — James Hall, TLS, 17 November 2017
“Delving deep into the epic process of the Guggenheim Museum’s
construction, Francesco Dal Co marvelously walks the psychological
tightrope between client, architect, the city of New York and all
the people—professional and otherwise—who expressed their opinions
publicly.”—Frank Gehry
“Icon and iconoclast hold equally for subject and author in this
compelling account of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Guggenheim
Museum. Juxtaposing a rich trove of archival sources with new
trajectories of interpretation, Francesco Dal Co argues
convincingly for the building’s “timelessness,” all the while
reminding us that Wright’s now beloved building was once at the
heart of seminal controversies.”—Barry Bergdoll, Meyer Schapiro
Professor of Art History, Columbia University
“Francesco Dal Co’s rich history of the Guggenheim Museum is a
revelation—an elegant and beautifully written book as definitive as
Wright’s enigmatic masterpiece.”—Tod Williams, Tod Williams Billie
Tsien Architects
“Francesco Dal Co has written the most eloquent and insightful
synopsis of New York’s Guggenheim Museum to date.”—Anthony Alofsin,
FAIA, author of Wright in New York (forthcoming)
"This lucid story shows how Wright sustained his revolutionary
concept for the Guggenheim Museum amidst many difficulties,
ultimately transforming the modern art museum."—Joseph M. Siry,
Wesleyan University
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