Libros de PAÍSES: ARQUITECTURA Y ARTE

GODINHO: DUAS OBRAS JANUARIO GODINHO

O arquitecto Januário Godinho (1910-1990), natural de Válega, Ovar, teve uma vida profissional intensa e contribuiu para a fisionomia e carácter de muitas cidades ...

SMITH/THOMSON. QUALITES OF DURATION

The branch of a sycamore grows through the opening of a wall in a Manhattan studio. A pool-house on Long Island becomes a sod-roofed ...

INDIA ART NOW

Contemporary art in India has enjoyed a tremendous flourishing since the early 1990s, thanks in part to the country's economic growth and the increased ...

TRANSFORMING ASIAN CITIES. INTELLECTUAL IMPASSE, ASIANZING SPACE AND EMERGING TRANS-LOCALITIES

While there is no lack of studies on Asian cities, the majority focus on financial districts, poverty, the slum, tradition, tourism, and pollution, and ...

CIUDAD Y VIVIENDA EN AMERICA LATINA 1930- 1960

El carácter egocéntrico de la cultura arquitectónica europea ignoró durante tiempo cuanto ocurría en América Latina: convencida de su superioridad cultural, se dio además ...

VENICE TAKE AWAY. IDEAS TO CHANGE BRITISH ARCHITECTURE

Venice Takeaway: Ideas to Change British Architecture brings together the research of ten architectural teams exhibiting in the British Pavilion at the 13th Venice ...

MAY:CAREFREE CALIFORNIA. CLIFF MAY AND THE ROMANCE OF THE RANCH HOUSE

This landmark volume is an authoritative, richly illustrated examination of the origins, evolution, and influence of the California ranch house. Carefree California looks at ...

AYRSHIRE AND ARRAN. THE BUILDINGS OF SCOTLAND

Ayrshire and Arran is an area of striking contrasts. Its landscape ranges from sand dunes to rolling pastures to moors. The local architecture is ...

KENT WEST AND THE WEALD. THE BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND

An expanded and fully revised edition of John Newman's classic survey of the buildings of West Kent, first published in 1969. Here is an ...

ROMA. CENTRO STORICO E PERIFERIA. HISTORICAL CITY AND PERIPHERY

ROMA. GUIDA ALL'ARCHITETTURA MODERNA 1909-2011

Il libro costituisce un vero e proprio percorso attraverso l'architettura della Roma ontemporanea organizzato secondo un repertorio in cui si succedono più di 260 ...

SAUNIER: BRUNET SAUNIER ARCHITECTURE. MONOSPACE & SIMPLEXITY

Over the past ten years, the architectural office Brunet Saunier Architecture in Paris has been developing a hospital design concept known as 'monospace'. This ...

LUGARES PATRIMONIO DE HUMANIDAD RUMANIA.

proyecto editorial que consta de 7 libros que recogen cada uno de los lugares declarados Patrimonio de la Humanidad por la UNESCO. Una colección ...

MAD ARCHITECTS: MA YANSONG. ENTRE LA MODERNIDAD (GLOBAL) Y LA TRADICION ( LOCAL) "FROM (GLOBAL) MODERNITY TO (LOCAL) TRADICION"

El arquitecto Ma Yansong (Pekín, 1975), uno de los veinte arquitectos esenciales según las listas de la revista ICON de 2008 y el primer ...

NORMAN BEL GEDDES DESIGNS AMERICA

I Have Seen the Future: Norman Bel Geddes Designs America is a landmark exhibition exploring the career of one of the twentieth century's foremost ...

WALKER: RALPH WALKER. ARCHITECT OF THE CENTURY

The first book dedicated to the career of one of New Yorks most successful and prolific yet forgotten architects. Ralph Walker shaped New Yorks ...

STUDIO MUMBAI: PRAXIS

The workshop of Studio Mumbai, headed by Bijoy Jain, consists of open air spaces in a rustic setting surrounded by trees. There, a variety ...

DAM GERMAN ARCHITECTURE ANNUAL 2012/13

Since 1981 the German Architecture Museum has been recognizing the best architecture its country has to offer. Opening with the DAM-prizewinning project--the reconstruction and ...

JONES: DESIGNING ANTIQUITY. OWEN JONES, ANCIENT EGYPT AND THE CRYSTAL PALACE

In the 19th century, designers became involved in the public presentation of the past, focusing specifically on the decoration of historical monuments. By exploring ...

ALTERNATIVE HISTORIES. NEW YORK ART SPACES, 1960- 2010

This groundbreaking book--part exhibition catalogue, part cultural history--chronicles alternative art spaces in New York City since the 1960s. Developed from an exhibition of the ...