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Benedict Zucchi

Architect Principal at Building Design Partnership and author of two books on architecture. My design work ranges from master plans, university and school projects to hospitals, including a number of specialist paediatric centres for Alder Hey, Great Ormond Street and the new National Children’s Hospital of Ireland.

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Papers by Benedict Zucchi

Research paper thumbnail of The House as a Little City

Routledge eBooks, Jul 25, 2023

Research paper thumbnail of A Contested Legacy

Routledge eBooks, Jul 26, 2023

Research paper thumbnail of Little Cities for Work and Interaction

Routledge eBooks, Jul 26, 2023

Research paper thumbnail of Little Cities for Dwelling

Routledge eBooks, Jul 26, 2023

Research paper thumbnail of Learning from Giancarlo De Carlo: Interview with Benedict Zucchi, by Antonello Alici

Research paper thumbnail of Little Cities for Mind and Body

Routledge eBooks, Jul 26, 2023

Research paper thumbnail of Big House Little City

Research paper thumbnail of The City as a Big House

Research paper thumbnail of Learning from Giancarlo De Carlo: Interview with Benedict Zucchi, by Antonello Alici

Giancarlo De Carlo's centenary had the merit of bringing the younger generations of students ... more Giancarlo De Carlo's centenary had the merit of bringing the younger generations of students and researchers closer to the lesson of an extraordinary interpreter of 20th century architectural culture. An uncomfortable and controversial interpreter who has travelled through the seasons of the second half of the 20th century with tenacity and consistency, opposing every form of architecture distant from the experience and needs of society. In a panorama of studies that up until now has been lacking, two of the most important monographs on De Carlo, capable of fully grasping his complexity and modernity, are by English authors. We interviewed Benedict Zucchi, who approached De Carlo during his studies at the faculty of architecture in Cambridge, and then further enriched his experience with a professional internship at his Milan office. About 30 years later, Zucchi confirms the value of that experience and clarifies De Carlo's affinity with Anglo-Saxon culture, but also the inf...

Research paper thumbnail of The House as a Little City

Routledge eBooks, Jul 25, 2023

Research paper thumbnail of A Contested Legacy

Routledge eBooks, Jul 26, 2023

Research paper thumbnail of Little Cities for Work and Interaction

Routledge eBooks, Jul 26, 2023

Research paper thumbnail of Little Cities for Dwelling

Routledge eBooks, Jul 26, 2023

Research paper thumbnail of Learning from Giancarlo De Carlo: Interview with Benedict Zucchi, by Antonello Alici

Research paper thumbnail of Little Cities for Mind and Body

Routledge eBooks, Jul 26, 2023

Research paper thumbnail of Big House Little City

Research paper thumbnail of The City as a Big House

Research paper thumbnail of Learning from Giancarlo De Carlo: Interview with Benedict Zucchi, by Antonello Alici

Giancarlo De Carlo's centenary had the merit of bringing the younger generations of students ... more Giancarlo De Carlo's centenary had the merit of bringing the younger generations of students and researchers closer to the lesson of an extraordinary interpreter of 20th century architectural culture. An uncomfortable and controversial interpreter who has travelled through the seasons of the second half of the 20th century with tenacity and consistency, opposing every form of architecture distant from the experience and needs of society. In a panorama of studies that up until now has been lacking, two of the most important monographs on De Carlo, capable of fully grasping his complexity and modernity, are by English authors. We interviewed Benedict Zucchi, who approached De Carlo during his studies at the faculty of architecture in Cambridge, and then further enriched his experience with a professional internship at his Milan office. About 30 years later, Zucchi confirms the value of that experience and clarifies De Carlo's affinity with Anglo-Saxon culture, but also the inf...

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