Libros de Josep Maria Montaner (3 libros)

The objective of the book is to rethink in a critical fashion, the Barcelona experience since 1973 until 2004, the year when Universal Forum of Cultures was celebrated and which marks the beginning of a crisis characterized by the distancing between the city and its inhabitants. The investigation process has questioned the urban model.

This series is the best reference available for information on today's leading architects, and presents their work in an affordable and thoroughly illustrated format. Each book begins with an overview of the architect's style and accomplishments written by a leading architecture critic. Then, approximately twenty noteworthy works and projects are discussed by the architect and presented in detail with site plans, drawings, and black-and-white photographs.

Este libro presenta una historia que aún no se había escrito con una visión amplia e interpretativa. Dicha historia se expone desde una perspectiva contemporánea que aborda la complejidad de la realidad y describe unas experiencias que son ejemplos modélicos de políticas de vivienda y de tipología arquitectónica. Los casos estudiados se interpretan no sólo en su momento de realización, sino también en su funcionamiento posterior. De todos ellos, se pone énfasis en los casos que se han concentrado en lo comunitario y en lo urbano. En la primera parte del libro se expone la amplia...