Libros de ARQUITECTURA Y VIVIENDA

APRENDIENDO DE LAS VEGAS. EL SIMBOLISMO OLVIDADO DE LA FORMA ARQUITECTONICA

En 1968, un grupo de tres profesores y varios estudiantes de la escuela de arquitectura de la Yale University emprendieron un viaje a Las ...

SECRETOS DE LAS OBRAS DE ARTE, LOS "100 OBRAS MAESTRAS EN DETALLE"

Esta obra resulta básica para entender las obras maestras de la historia del arte, ya que pone bajo la lupa algunos de los lienzos ...

CAPRICHO DE MADRID,EL. SINFONIA DE VERSOS

ORTNER & ORTNER: ORTNER & ORTNER BAUKUNST

The architecture firm Ortner & Ortner Baukunst with branches in Vienna, Berlin, and Cologne was founded in 1987 by Laurids and Manfred Ortner and ...

DIVERSITY AND DESIGN. UNDERSTANDING HIDDEN CONSEQUENCES

Diversity and Design explores how design - whether of products, buildings, landscapes, cities, media, or systems - affects diverse members of society. Fifteen case ...

BUILDING CULTURES VALPARAISO. PEDAGOGY, PRACTICE AND POETRY AT THE VALPARAISO SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE AND

Building Cultures Valparaiso takes a critical look at how pedagogy, practice and poetry are brought together at one of the most influential schools of ...

TAUT: BRUNO TAUT'S DESIGN INSPIRATION FOR THE GLASHAUS

As a formative exemplar of early architectural modernism, Bruno Taut s seminal exhibition pavilion the Glashaus (literally translated Glasshouse) is logically part of the ...

CONFLICTED IDENTITES. HOUSING AND THE POLITICS OF CULTURAL REPRESENTATION

Conflicted Identities examines the politicization of both public and domestic space, especially in societies undergoing rapid cultural transformation through political, social or economic expansion ...

MID CENTURY MODERNISM IN TURKEY. ARCHITECTURE ACROOS CULTURES IN THE 1950S AND 1960S

Mid-Century Modernism in Turkey studies the unfolding of modern architecture in Turkey during the 1950s and 1960s. The book brings together scholars who have ...

ANTONIO SANT' ELIA. MANIFESTO DELL'ARCHITETTURA FUTURISTA. CONSIDERAZIONI SUL CENTENARIO

A cento anni di distanza dalla sua pubblicazione, L'architettura futurista di Antonio Sant'Elia è un manifesto che è necessario rileggere nei suoi contenuti, negli ...

IL GIARDINI DI FIRENZE I. IL GIARDINI DELL' OCCIDENTE DALL' ANTICHITA A OGGI

I giardini di Firenze, ultima opera inedita di Angiolo Pucci, aveva assunto fino a qualche tempo fa un carattere quasi leggendario. Le poche notizie ...

IL GIARDINI DI FIRENZE II. GIARDINI E PASSEGGI PUBBLICI

La seconda parte de I giardini di Firenze traccia la storia dei giardini pubblici della città, a partire da un vastissimo repertorio di fonti ...

PEOPLE, PLACE, PURPOSE. THE WORLD ACCORDING TO MECANOO ARCHITECTS

he book 'People, Place, Purpose. The World According to Mecanoo Architects' describes the specific architecture Dutch architectural office Mecanoo explores, illustrating the way they ...

EUROPE. CO-OPERATIVE HOUSING

Providing sufficient affordable living space-especially in European conglomerations-is one of the great challenges of the future, requiring new solutions. In the face of demographic ...

DESIGNING PARKS. BERLIN'S PARK AM GLEISDREIECK OR THE ART OF CERATING LIVELY PLACES

How can one design urban parks not only as decorative elements and as the green lungs of a city, but in a way that ...

HISTORY TAKES PLACE: ISTANBUL. DYNAMICS OF URBAN CHANGE

Reality and the imagination blur in our images of Istanbul. Breathtaking panoramas seem to open up views of the entire city, which appears as ...

SPEECH: 13: METRO/ SUBWAY

Each issue of the international architectural magazine speech: focuses on a special theme, presenting it from a present and historical perspective and discussing it ...

TERRITORIES IN CRISIS. ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM FACING CHANGES IN EUROPE

Europe's current crisis is also a crisis of the European city. The economic, social, and political insecurity has changed our perception of territories, institutions, ...

LAC. LUGANO ARTE E CULTURA. THE NEW CULTURAL CENTRE OF THE CITY OF LUGANO

The Lac Lugano Arte e Cultura, built at the entrace of the city on the site of the ex- Hotel Palace, is the most ...

SAND TO SPECTACLE. THE DUBAI MALL

The Dubai Mall, completed in 2008, is currently the world's largest mall and one of the largest structures in the world. Sand to Spectacle ...