Eugenio Miozzi: Modern Venice between Innovation and Tradition 19311969

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Despite the fact that he shaped Venice and its contemporary form, Eugenio Miozzi remains a little-known figure. Yet both locals and visitors experience his legacy every day, in particular when they cross his bridges: from the Ponte della Libert, to the Ponte dellAccademia; from the various bridges over the Rio Nuovo, to the exemplary Ponte degli Scalzi.

Miozzi, chief engineer of the Commune of Venice from 1931 to 1954, carried out a large number of works and projects, including a vast modernist parking garage and the Casino on the Lido. The prolific engineer-architect played a role in the development of the Teatro La Fenice, made plans for the restoration of the city and the extension of the Tronchetto, and designed a translagoon road and a motorway from Venice to Munich. These projects and the others presented in this illustrated volume represent Miozzis tireless efforts to guarantee the citys survival by combining its centuries-old traditions with a spirit of innovation.

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Clemens F. Kusch, born in Rome in 1963. He studied architecture at the University of Venice, where he gained his doctorate in 1993 and has subsequently been a visiting professor. Kusch has been closely involved in relations between German and Italian architects, for example as a contact architect for German firms such as gmp (von Gerkan, Marg und Partner, Hamburg), for the curators of the Venice Biennale and as a correspondent for German newspapers and magazines.