Gio Ponti: Tre Ville Inventate

Gio Ponti: Tre Ville Inventate presents an exceptional journey into three of the architect’s most imaginative residential masterpieces: Villa Planchart and Villa Arreaza in Caracas, and Villa Namazee in Tehran. In these homes, created between the 1950s and early 1960s, Ponti was granted extraordinary creative freedom, allowing him to fully express his vision of the house as a “total work of art.” The book explores how each villa becomes an immersive world where architecture, interiors, furniture, colors, and decorative arts merge into a unified, poetic whole. From the sculptural lightness of Villa Planchart, to the geometric elegance of the Arreaza residence, to the refined interplay of modernism and local tradition in Villa Namazee, Ponti demonstrates his unparalleled ability to blend innovation, craftsmanship, and cultural sensitivity.