PRESS RELEASE
San Salvatore: house pool landscape
San Salvatore in Montione, Umbria, Italy is a house, pool and landscape designed by Pierre d’Avoine Architects and realised over a seven year period from 2010 to 2016. The project was commissioned by a client for whom the practice previously designed a flat in the attic of a Marylebone mansion block, London.
San Salvatore includes the alteration and conversion of an existing group of buildings, dating back to the 14th century, that comprised a chapel and two houses, into a summer residence. The project is located in a wooded landscape on the eastern edge of the Umbrian mountains with a panoramic view over the Tiber valley, and includes a new in-situ concrete swimming pool, pool room and terrace and the restoration of a ruined olive grove and surrounding landscape.
The book is a record of the project, photographed by David Grandorge at moments during its construction. The book includes essays by Peder Duelund Mortensen (emeritus professor, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts School of Architecture Copenhagen) and Pierre d’Avoine and a site diary/ reflection by Kuo Jze Yi who was the project architect.
San Salvatore will be published by Pattern Book Press in a print run of 1,000 copies. San Salvatore is the first in a series of monographs designed with BCMH, to be published by Pattern Book Press recording the work of Pierre d’Avoine.
The book is 135 pages, printed in duotone, case bound with hardback cover and dust jacket. Open the link to see an online version: https://issuu.com/bravo.charlie.mike.hotel/docs/pbp_san_salvatore
The book is available for order now at £20 plus postage, and will be available for delivery from 3rd December, 2021.
Pre ordered copies will be signed by Pierre d’Avoine and David Grandorge.
To order the book: http://www.davoine.net/shop/san-salvatore
For further information contact pbp@davoine.net (www.davoine.net)
