Archinect - News 2024-11-21T21:00:43-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150079152/reflecting-prada-s-philosophical-roots-in-arte-povera-plus-other-ghosts-of-midcentury-modernism Reflecting Prada's philosophical roots in Arte Povera, plus other ghosts of midcentury modernism Nam Henderson 2018-08-25T14:13:00-04:00 >2019-10-17T18:57:34-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/3d/3d74a9b5a4eb9b4e99a514c136ce2b31.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>I kept running my hands over the tower&rsquo;s concrete walls. Infused with Carrara marble and poured by construction workers who wore white gloves, they feel smooth as silk. The big rectangular and wedge-shaped galleries, windows alternating between panoramas of the city and narrow views over the campus, accommodate best the large-scale works in the inaugural show</p></em><br /><br /><p>Earlier this year, Michael Kimmelman traveled to Milan, for the completion of '<em>Torre</em>', cornerstone of <em>Fondazione Prada</em>'s new campus, by OMA.<br></p> <p>Back in April, davvid shared his own review "<em>It's very nice. The whole...complex is beautiful.</em>" <br></p>