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Sobre el libro: Los textos que componen la presente edición bajo el titulo Las primaveras de Ilión cierran el cuarteto de crónicas del acontecer de la ciudad moderna, recogidas en tres libros anteriores del autor: La metrópoli vacía (1990), Esplendor y fragmento (1997) y La ciudad herida (2001). Son escritos que narran en escueta prosa poética la evolución y tensiones de la ciudad en los territorios de la planificación de naturaleza mercantil, el deterioro de su racionalidad y espacialidad arquitectónica; también sus aleatorias conquistas y utópicos esbozos. El autor, en los cuatro ...

The work of the Colombian architect Harold Martínez Espinal, shows a way to purposeful way of thinking the architecture in the suburbs. This book makes a journey from his first works in the 1960's and 1970's, determined by the influence of modern architecture, until the beginning of the second millennium where his thought continues.

A Compilation of 30 Innovative Architectonic Inventions in Catalonia. The architecture produced in Catalonia has often been in the vanguard of Europe, especially since Barcelona hosted the 1992 Olympics. This book is an exciting overview of innovative spaces and techniques made in Catalonia, presenting a cross section of 'products' as well as the buildings and environments for which they were conceived. The products solve specific program requirements, new social demands, environmental needs, budget limitations and design aspirations to improve on the status quo. They are proving grounds of...

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.