Libros de PAÍSES: ARQUITECTURA Y ARTE

I GRANDI GIARDINI CINESI "STORIA, CONCEZIONE, TECNICHE."

Il giardino cinese è luogo d'incontro tra cosmo, natura ed esseri umani. Le sue origini pescano nella profondità della cultura cinese e per la ...

KENZO TANGE AND THE METABOLIST MOVEMENT. URBAN UTOPIAS OF MODERN JAPAN*

Metabolism, the Japanese architectural avant-garde movement of the 1960s, profoundly influenced contemporary architecture and urbanism. This book focuses on the Metabolists' utopian concept of ...

DE URBE INDIANA. ENSAYOS SOBRE CIUDADES Y URBANISMO EN BRASIL Y EN LA AMÉRICA HIS

El volumen se abre con una amplia panorámica historiográfica del tema de la mano del historiador brasileño Carlos Guilherme Mota. A continuación se presentan ...

COMPETITIVIDAD URBANA. UNA PERSPECTIVA GLOBAL Y PARA MEXICO

En esta obra se presentan 13 capítulos cuyo propósito genera consiste en ofrecer elementos conceptuales, metodológicos e instrumentales para el estudio de la competitividad ...

HOLL: STEVEN HOLL STRETTO HOUSE, Y HOUSE. RESIDENTIAL MASTERPIECES Nº6

Two houses built in the United States during the 1990s and totally different from each other in terms of site, required programs and silhouette. ...

WILLIAMS: FRANK WILLIAMS ARCHITECT

A distinctively oversized monograph on the "skyscraper king of New York." The recipient of numerous design awards, Frank Williams & Partners, based in New ...

JAPANESE IDENTITIES. ARCHITECTURE BETWEEN AESTHETICS AND NATURE

Japanese Identities takes readers on a journey to the most magnificent buildings of Japan, erected anywhere from the seventh century AD to the present. ...

BUILDING WITH STRAW BALES. A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR THE UK AND IRELAND

Straw bale building is a radically different approach to the process of building. Like all innovative ideas, it has been pioneered by the passionate, ...

SOM: ARCHITECTURE OF SKIDMORE, OWINGS & MERRILL. 1963 TO 1973

This book is dedicated to SOMs most recent work. The gradual move away from the ideas of the 1950s, a period which was entirely ...

SOM: ARCHITECTURE OF SKIDMORE, OWINGS & MERRILL 1950 TO 1962

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, founded in 1936, is one of the largest and most influential architecture firms in the world. SOM has long been ...

SMITH: KEN SMITH. LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT

Both a landscape designer and a public artist, Ken Smith produces designs that range in scale from small public installations to vast parks. He ...

SANTA SOFIA

The book presents important research conducted by the scholar Rowland J. Mainstone. It's aim is to explain how Justinian's architects succeeded in creating a ...

BEYROUTH ARCHITECTURES, AUX SOURCES DE LA MODERNITE, 1920-1940

LACATON ET VASSAL

's themselves, this monograph is published in conjunction with an exhibition of their work at the Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine in Paris. ...

LONDRES 1700-1900: NAISSANCE D'UNE CAPITALE CULTURELLE

FONTANA: DOMENICO FONTANA (1543-1607). ITINERARI DI ARCHITETTURA A ROMA E NAPOLI.

La guida consente di ricostruire lattività romana e napoletana dellarchitetto ticinese Domenico Fontana (1543-1607) e di precisare la cronologia delle sue opere, attraverso una ...

PAHL: STRUCTURE IN MIND

'Structure in Mind' is advanced technology coupled with an awareness of sensuality in form and material, expressed in a model way through architecture. Structure ...

MANGOLD: ROBERT MANGOLD BEYOND THE LINE. PAINTINGS AND PROJECT 2000-2008

Robert Mangold: Beyond the Line celebrates the vision of an artist who has earned a distinguished place in the grand tradition of abstract painting. ...

AFRICAN ART IN DETAIL

Ideal as a spur to creative inspiration, this beautiful book offers an alternative view of African art. The book highlights in close-up and brilliant ...

RICHTER: GERHARD RICHTER

The contemporary painter Gerhard Richter (born in 1932) has been heralded both as modernity's last painter and as painting's modern savior, seen to represent ...