Libros de PAÍSES: ARQUITECTURA Y ARTE

HOCKNEY: TRUE TO LIFE. TWENTY - FIVE YEARS OF CONVERSATIONS WITH DAVIS HOCKNEY

Soon after the book's publication in 1982, artist David Hockney read Lawrence Weschler's Seeing Is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees: A ...

LAMPUGNANI: NOVARTIS CAMPUS- FABRIKSTRASSE 12. VITTORIO MAGNANO LAMPUGNANI

Magnago Lampugani's slender Fabrikstrasse 12 construction gleams in the rays of sunlight without any glare. The white Carrara marble, blue awnings and delicate window ...

HOOYKAS: KRAANSPOOR. ARCHITECTURA & NATURA AMSTERDAM

Located in a former harbour area in Amsterdam and surrounded by open space and water, the 'Kraanspoor is a unique and inventive piece of ...

LEI: LI LEI. CHINESE ABSTRACTIONIST

Abstract painting was unknown in Chinese art, and it was not until the second part of the 1980s that artists in this country-most particularly ...

INFINITE SPACES. THE ART AND WISDOM OF THE JAPANESE GARDEN

Japanese gardens have long been admired for their capacity to improve on nature through impeccable design, detail and composition, properties that elevate them from ...

JAPANESE STONE GARDENS. ORIGINS, MEANING, FORM

Japanese stone gardens provide tranquil settings where visitors can shed the burdens and stresses of modern existence, satisfy an age-old yearning for solitude and ...

AXI: OME/ USA: DD Nº 32. SPECULAR. BETWEEN PRACTICE AND EDUCATION

Derived from the Latin words axiom and forme, the American based office of Axi:Ome engages in architecture as research: a mode of practice that ...

GLUCKMAN / MAYNER ARCHITECTS: FRAME WORK

Richard Gluckman is an architect who creates spaces comparable to minimalist art. His careful consideration of the basic components of architecture--structure, scale, proportion, material, ...

HOLL: STEVEN HOLL HEART

HEART Herning Museum of Contemporary Art in Herning, Denmark is a new building designed by the renowned American architect Steven Holl. He showed a ...

JEHLE: HASCHER JEHLE ARCHITEKTUR. THOUGHTS AND BUILDINGS

Perhaps most widely known for the spectacular glass cube that is the Stuttgart Museum of Art, the firm of Hascher Jehle has been at ...

MODERSOHN & FREIESLEBEN. THE LIFE OF THINGS

Fifteen years ago Johannes Modersohn and Antje Freiesleben started up an architectural office together in Berlin. Their first work, the spacious platform hall at ...

HOFFMAN: JOSEF HOFFMAN: AUTOBIOGRAPHY

As co-founder of the Secession, theWienerWerkstätte, and the ÖsterreichischerWerkbund, Josef Hoffmann (1870-1956) had a decisive influence onmodern Viennese architecture and design. Around 1948 Hoffmann ...

WILEY: WHAT'S IT ALL MEAN? WILLIAM T. WILEY IN RETROSPECT

The retrospective exhibition of the work of William T. Wiley that this publication accompanies is the first to be organized since 1979, when Wiley ...

MAESTRI ITALINI DEL XX SECOLO

MANCHESTER: SHAPING THE CITY

Manchester: Shaping the City demonstrates the constant spirit and originality of Manchester's people and the physical, social and economic improvements, which continue to drive ...

NEW YORK CITY WALKS ARCHITECTURE

City Walks Architecture: New York" deck offers the best way for visitors and adventurous locals to experience the world-renowned architecture of the Big Apple. ...

PARIS CITY WALKS ARCHITECTURE

GRAPHIC EUROPE. AN ALTERNATIVE GUIDE TO 31 EUROPEAN CITIES

"Graphic Europe" is a guidebook to 31 cities in 31 different European countries written and illustrated by graphic designers based in those cities. The ...

OLIMPIC CITIES: 2012 AND THE REMAKING OF LONDON

Drawing upon historical, cultural, economic and socio-demographic perspectives, this book examines the role of a sporting mega-event in promoting urban regeneration and social renewal. ...

PALLADIO'S ROME

Andrea Palladio (1508-1580), one of the most famous architects of all time, published two enormously popular guides to the churches and antiquities of Rome ...