Libros de PAÍSES: ARQUITECTURA Y ARTE

ARTES Y EL ARTESANO, LAS

El brillante ensayista que es Oscar Wilde, con su prosa ágil y certera, profunda y desenfadada, a menudo irónica y siempre amena y desbordante ...

CENTRI STORICI E TERRITORIO. IL CASO DI SICICLI. HISTORICAL TOWNS AND THEIR HINTERLAND. THE SICICLI CASE

This research is aimed at tracing the guidelines for an effective planning of the development and re-development of a Sicilian centre of great significante, ...

GAMBERINI: ITALO GAMBERINI ARTIGIANO DELL'ARCHITETTURA

Il saggio illustra il primo trentennio di attività dell'architetto e docente universitario Italo Gamberini (Firenze, 1907-1990), rappresentando un contributo originale su un periodo e ...

COLONIAL MODERN. AESTHETICS OF THE PAST REBELLION FOR THE FUTURE

Colonial Modern: Aesthetics of the Past, Rebellions for the Future is a reader on the relationship between modernism and the project of modernisation in ...

ANDALUCIA Y AMERICA. CULTURA ARTISTICA

ARCHITECTURE OF THE SUN. LOS ANGELES MODERNISM 1900-1970

An authoritative survey of the masters of twentieth-century modernist architecture in Los Angeles. This revisionist study explores the history of modernist architecture in Greater ...

BRITO: MARIA BRITO

A painter, sculptor, and installation artist, María Brito is best known for intricate mixed-media constructions that embody narratives of displacement and loss. A member ...

L'URBANISME A L'AUBE DU XXI SIECLE. PATRIMOINE ET HERITAGES CULTURELS

Ce recueil de contributions examine la notion de patrimoine urbanistique et architectural à travers le monde: la mannière dont les projets intègrent celui-ci, comment ...

AMARILLO PASION

Amarillo Pasión es una visión particular de aspectos muy diversos de China; su cultura, historia, relaciones sociales, política y tradiciones, siempre desde el punto ...

MADAGASCAR. L'ARCHITETTURA DELL' ISOLA ROSSA FRA CRONACHE E STORIA

Anche in Madagascar, non diversamente da altri contesti, l'architettura ha aiutato l'uomo a dare un senso all'esistenza, a conquistare un equilibrio nello spazio e ...

ASIAN GARDENS. HISTORY, BELIEFS AND DESIGN

Tom Turner has researched and taught the history, theory and design of gardens for forty years. His visits, research, drawings and photographs are brought ...

MARSEILLE EUROMEDITERRANEE, ACCELERATEUR DE METROPOLE

Marseille a été durement confrontée à la mutation de son appareil industriel et portuaire avec pour corollaire la disparition de nombreux emplois et l’accentuation ...

A PLACE IN THE SUN**

Living in Australia and New Zealand is now more than ever about adapting to our unique environment. As broad interest in sustainability grows, and ...

DUTCH URBAN BLOCK AND PUBLIC REALM: MODELS, RULES, IDEAS

In 'The Dutch Urban Block', Susanne Komossa uses typomorphological research to analyse the development of the Dutch urban block as an architectural model for ...

PRINTED IMAGE IN CHINA FROM 8TH TO THE 21ST CENTURIES

The British Museum holds one of the finest collections of Chinese prints outside Asia, with particular strength in the modern period. This book features ...

LATIN AMERICA AT THE CROSSROADS

Guest-editor Mariana Leguia The announcement of Rio de Janeiro as the 2016 Olympic host city has placed Latin America on the world's stage. Latin ...

JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE. AN EXPLORATION OF ELEMENTS & FORMS

Thick thatched roofs and rough mud plaster walls. An intricate carved wood transom and a precisely woven tatami mat'each element of traditional Japanese architecture ...

ARCHITETTURA DELLE FACCIATE: LA CHIESE DI PALLADIO A VENEZIA. NUOVI RILIEVI, STORIA, MATERIALI

Della vasta e articolata opera di Andrea Palladio (1508-1580) il volume affronta uno dei temi progettuali più affascinanti e complessi: le facciate delle chiese. ...

ANDO: TADAO ANDO 1994-2009

This book on the Pritzker Prizewinning architect Tadao Ando explores his recent work, which embodies principles of sustainability, site sensitivity, and craftsmanship. Entirely self-educated, ...

ENVILLE, HAGLEY AND THE LEASOWERS. THREE GREAT EIGHTEENTH CENTURY GARDENS

The authors of this title examine each to bring out its original appearance and reception by contemporary visitors, and the three are also considered ...