An insatiable quest for purity of form

This book is part of a collection that currently has thirty books on the most famous architects of the period late nineteenth century and first half of the twentieth century.
Materially, the book is of good quality: soft cover and ice but lined a hundred very white paper pages with precise and contrasted printing, and with contemporary photos or time on all pages.
Play starts with a dozen pages tracing the career of the Italian architect who was also a painter, furniture designer, interior decorator and his creative beginnings of art deco ceramics. The most famous creation of the architect is arguably the Pirelli tower in Milan, the very one that made the headlines in April 2002 when it was hit by a light aircraft, a few months after the bombing September 11, 2001 ...
The body of the book describes the main construction Ponti, two to four pages each, placing them in their geographical, historical context and in the evolution of the work of the architect. Note two pages devoted to ceramics (1923-1930) and two on the chairs and chair (1952-1957)
Very interesting in my opinion: the residential buildings and those offices, like the two buildings Montecatini.

At the end of the book we find a biography on two pages and a Milan map locating the constructions.
Bibliography last page.
Like other books in this series, this book is a beautiful gateway into the work of the architect.

The architectural and decorative products detailed in the book:
- Richard-Ginori ceramics
- Angel flying, country house Tony H. Bouilhet
- Building of Via Domenichino
- Case tipiche the "typical houses"
- Casa Marmont
- Building of the Faculty of Mathematics
- Casa Laporte
- Executive Offices of the Ferrania company
- World Exposition of the Catholic press
- First Montecatini office building
- Villa Donegani
- Second Montecatini office building
- Boat Furnishings
- Hotel rooms for the Ninth Triennial of Milan
- A housing project Harar-Dessiè for INA-Casa
- Workshop Ponti-Fornaroli-Rosselli
- Italian Cultural Institute Carlo Maurilio Lerici
- Superleggera Chairs and Leggera
- Armchair Round
- Villa Planchart
- Skyscraper Pirelli
- Building of Via Dezza
- Villa Arreaza
- Villa Nemazee
- Hotel Parco dei Principi, Sorrento
- Hotel Parco dei Principi, Rome
- Church of San Francesco al Fopponino
- Residential building and offices Montedoria
- Cathedral Gran Madre di Dio in Taranto
- Denver Art Museum