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The expert contributors to this lavishly illustrated volume, devoted entirely to Mies van der Rohe's Barcelona Pavilion of 1929, address here for the first time the forgotten contexts of the Pavilion's genesis. Habitually thought of as an abstract, unpolluted, and splendidly isolated building--a precursor of Mies's American period--the Pavilion is revealed here as a thoroughly European work, perhaps less pristine but more authentic. Mies and Lilly Reich were commissioned to design not only the Pavilion but also more than one hundred thousand square feet of German stands spread throughout the...

Les noms de Paul Guinard et de Marcel Durliat suffisent à prouver la tradition ancienne liant l'Université de Toulouse-le Mirail à la production artistique espagnole. En 2007, le département d'histoire de l'art de cette université, avec le soutien de la Casa de Velâzquez, a initié un cycle de trois journées d'études sur le thème des échanges artistiques entre la France et l'Espagne. Rassemblant des universitaires et des doctorants, elles ont successivement portées sur l'architecture (novembre 2007), la sculpture (mars 2009) et la peinture (mai 2010). Le présent recueil, qui...

With the rapid developments in renewable resources over the last few years, environmentally-friendly housing is no longer the pipe-dream of a few radical architects and ecologists, it is now a firm reality. Small Eco Houses is a superbly illustrated volume that showcases the latest trends and architectural solutions for eco-housing. It also explores how research into alternative materials and new ways to apply traditional prime materials have paved the way for a whole new range of design options that mean aesthetics and comfort no longer have to be compromised to achieve sustainable...

Estamos ante un libro singular que, como una hoja de papel, tiene dos caras inevitables y complementarias. Esta dividido en dos partes claramente diferenciadas: una tematica - los elementos de la arquitectura - y otra de recorrido historico - la historia y el significado de la arquitectura -.La primera parte, dividida en ocho capitulos, afronta los conceptos basicos de la arquitectura, a los que Roth denomina elementos. La segunda parte se dedica de manera didactica y sistematica a la historia y al significado de la arquitectura. Roth recorre a lo largo de trece capitulos la historia de la...