Laura Helena Wurth: Astra Zarina

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In the first volume of our new series She Was an Architect, journalist Laura Helena Wurth vividly recounts the fascinating life of American-Italian architect Astra Zarina: born in Riga in 1929, her life spans Seattle and Rome. In 1960, she became the first woman to win the American Academy's Rome Prize for Architecture. Although she had previously been involved in the planning of the modernist Märkisches Viertel district in Berlin, she subsequently moved to Rome and concentrated on training architects and preserving buildings. She began restoring old historic houses in Civita di Bagnoregio, an abandoned hill town north of Rome. In 1970, she launched the Washington University Rome Program, which enabled young students to study in Rome. Partially unpublished photographs from Zarina's estate and the Civita Institute Foundation provide insight into Astra Zarina's winning personality, which her former student Steven Holl also raves about in an interview. In a holistic approach that is highly relevant today, her main concern was to inspire young students with Italy's building culture and way of life: "If you want to be an architect, first you have to learn how to cook!"

Laura Helena Wurth (*1989, Berlin) is an author and critic. She writes regularly about contemporary art and architecture for FAS, NZZ, and KUNSTFORUM International. She also works as an editor for Deutschlandfunk Kultur.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Cover
Halftitle
Titlepage
Contents
SHE WAS AN ARCHITECT - INTRODUCTION
ASTRA ZARINA LESSONS ON CONTINUITY AND CHANGE
"THE VALUES THAT ASTRA TAUGHT ME" - INTERVIEW WITH STEVEN HOLL
BIBLIOGRAPHY (SELECTION)
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
IMAGE CREDITS
COLOPHON
Back Cover

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2026
Genre:	Geisteswissenschaften , Kunst , Musik
Rubrik:	Kunst & Musik
Thema:	Architektur
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	64 S. 20 Fotos
ISBN-13:	9783775762106
ISBN-10:	3775762108
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Klappenbroschur
Autor:	Wurth, Laura Helena
Hersteller:	Hatje Cantz Verlag GmbH
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	HATJE CANTZ VERLAG GmbH, Mommsenstr. 27, D-10629 Berlin, contact@hatjecantz.de
Abbildungen:	20 Fotos
Maße:	107 x 177 x 4 mm
Von/Mit:	Laura Helena Wurth
Erscheinungsdatum:	29.07.2026
Gewicht:	0,07 kg