Competition for the Opera in Udine, 1975 - A. Di Noto, R. Mariotti, M. Martini, P. Nicolosi from G.R.A.U. isti mirant stella - Architetture 1964-1980, edited by Kappa / A.A.M. Architettura Arte Moderna, 1981, Roma - Città e progetto 1. Collana di Architettura diretta da Francesco Moschini. G.R.A.U. Several years ago, when I tried to make a point about their work, the GRAU was mostly a «spiritual» reality. Many architects gazed the sky: Isti mirant stella was the motto for one of their best works and it would also become the title of a book. Slowly but surely, after some interesting designs, the first few built works started to arrive: not quite symphonic compositions, more like chamber music, but their vocation toward orchestral pieces was strongly present, well expressed after all in those bigger contemporary works. In the next fifteen years, more important works were designed and some more distinct personalities started to emerge under the comm...
