100 modern architectures in Puglia and Basilicata documented in new book

The publication '9X100=900: 9 itineraries for 100 20th-century architectures in Basilicata and Puglia', edited by Mauro Sàito and Antonello Pagliuca for Do.co.mo.mo Italia, catalogs 100 modern buildings selected by an international scientific committee including William J. Curtis, Federico Bucci, Franco Purini, and Amerigo Restucci. The volume highlights works by Mario Cucinella (Stazione Marittima, Otranto), Renzo Piano (Stadio San Nicola, Bari), Gio Ponti (Concattedrale, Taranto), Aldo Rossi (residential complex, Bari Alto), and the BBPR studio (monument to Rocco Scotellaro, Tricarico cemetery, 1957, funded by Olivetti). In Basilicata, Matera's post-war urban experiments—neighborhoods like La Martella and Spine Bianche—involved architects Ludovico Quaroni, Carlo Aymonino, Luigi Piccinato, and Giancarlo De Carlo. The book is organized into thematic sections: Infrastructure and Industry, Inhabiting the Countryside, Architecture for the Community, Teaching Italian Style, Modern Residence Inside and Outside the Walls, Modern Sensus Fidei, Protection of the Modern, Modern Restored, and ARCH(XX) a female path. Published by Gangemi Editore (Rome, 2019, 304 pages, €40, ISBN 9788849238273).