Libros de PAÍSES: ARQUITECTURA Y ARTE

KUMA: KENGO KUMA. LITICITA CONTEMPORANEE. DA STONE MUSEUM A STONE PAVILION

ANDO: TADAO ANDO

The minimalist concrete architecture of Tadao Ando has roots both in Japanese traditions and in Western architecture. This book begins with both contexts: it ...

DEFINING URBAN DESIGN: CIAM ARCHITECTS AND THE FORMATION OF A DISCIPLINE, 1937-69

In this meticulously researched book, Eric Mumford traces how members of the International Congress of Modern Architecture (CIAM), such as Walter Gropius, Josep Lluis ...

FRANÇOIS BLONDEL. ARCHITECTURE, ERUDITION AND THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION

First director of the Académie royale d'architecture, François Blondel established a lasting model for architectural education that helped transform a still largely medieval profession ...

WATERSIDE ARCHITECTURE AMSTERDAM. MAP OF AMSTERDAM

ARCHITECTURE FOR THE EAR. CONSERVATORIUM VAN AMSTERDAM

The Conservatorium of Amsterdam recently relocated into a new building situated on the banks of the IJ river. The building, intelligently designed by Frits ...

PALLADIO: ANDREA PALLADIO NEL V CENTENARIO DELLA NASCITA (1508-2008). ITINERARI PALLADIANI TRA VILLE E

L' ARCHITETTURA DELLE CUPOLE A ROMA 1580-1670

L'indagine archivistica, l'esame delle fonti grafiche, l'osservazione ravvicinata ed il confronto incrociato sono alla base di un testo che analizza i principali temi relativi ...

ABAKANOWICZ: MAGDALENA ABAKANOWICZ. FATE AND ART. MONOLOGUE

Abakanowicz was born in 1930. She came of age against the tumultuous background of World War II. Today she is revered for her uncompromising ...

PALEY: ALBERT PALEY SCULPTURE

The monumental site-specific metal assemblages Albert Paley has created over the past three decades place him not only in the forefront of contemporary sculpture ...

A GUIDE TO THE ARCHITECTURE OF LONDON

London has an unrivalled richness of architecture, from its squares and houses to its palaces and churches. This is the only guide to cover ...

CARO: ANTHONY CARO. FIGURATIVE AND NARRATIVE SCULPTURE

Over the past two decades, Anthony Caro (b.1924) has moved on from the steel sculptures with which he achieved international standing to explore the ...

MCLEAN: JOHN MCLEAN

John McLean (b. 1939) has been likened to British art's secret weapon: a self-propelled missile whose long career has been an unfettered exploration of ...

NICHOLSON: WINIFRED NICHOLSON

Luminosity, open space and quick movements characterize Winifred Nicholson's paintings. Flowers on windowsills are a favorite subject, not only for their intrinsic beauty, or ...

ART OF RENAISSANCE FLORENCE 1400-1600

In this absorbing illustrated history, Loren Partridge takes the reader on an insightful tour of Renaissance Florence and sheds new light on its celebrated ...

DELLA VALLE / BERNHEIMER: THINK/ MAKE

Architecture, the saying goes, is a verb. Ita (TM)s an ongoing process of creating.For Brooklyn-based architects Jared Della Valle and Andrew Bernheimer architecture is, ...

SAARINEN: EEROO SAARINEN 1910-1961 UN EXPRESIONISTA ESTRUCTURAL

TERRAGNI: GIUSEPPE TERRAGNI EN EL ESPEJO DE LA CIUDAD. ARQUITECTURA RACIONALISTA EN COMO EN EL SIGLO XX

Giuseppe Terragni (1904 -1943), desarrolló su breve pero brillante trayectoria profesional bajo el régimen fascista de Mussolini y sus obras más importantes se circunscriben ...

VILLA PARK IN THE CITY. THE CHABOT MUSEUM AND THE ENVIRONS OF THE MUSEUMPARK VILLAS ROTTERDAM

The Chabot Museum in Rotterdam has occupied a monumental example of Nieuwe Bouwen architecture, the functionalist Dutch arm of the International Modern style, since ...

MAKI: FUMIHIKO MAKI

Fumihiko Maki's many buildings are characterized by a commitment to the ongoing project of Modernism as well as a humanist concern for the experience ...