El color de tu casa

Having graduated from Cornell University, Richard Meier established his own architectural firm in New York City in 1963, around a group known as the "Five Architects" of New York. This book includes 70 works and projects, chronologically ordered, from his first private houses around New York, to the most recent cultural centres, museums, corporate buildings and city planning for different cities in Europe, Asia and USA. This book, abundantly illustrated and documented, offers a chronological survey, from the first houses in the Hamptons to the most recent buildings including the Getty Center...

El proyecto de arquitectura es -junto con el montor en bicicleta y algunas funciones basicas de los seres organicos- una de las pocas competencias del ser humano que, al parecer, no es necesario aprender. A juzgar por como suele plantearse su ensenanza, se llega a la conclusion de que se aprende a proyectar directamente con la practica. Un programa, un solar y los consejos de un profesor se consideran suficientes para adiestrarse en la concepcion de la arquitectura. Probablemente, la identificacion de la modernidad con la invencion favorecio una patologia tan extendida: asi, se fue poblando...

This volume of a series, focussing on the basic elements of architecture delivers a very close insight into the divers possibilities of designing doors. The door is the most essential component of a house. It is both a separating as well as an adjoining element and permits entering from an external area to the private interior. This book presents over 80 projects showing exceptional designs of doors and entrances of shops, hotels, private houses, museums and many other spaces all over the world. An index with contact information of the designers and architects is enclosed.

La Composición arquitectónica, entendida como el conjunto de disciplinas que configuran el substraigo teórico sobre el que se asienta la práctica de la arquitectura, se va organizando a partir de estas piezas, en cierta medida autónomas, asentando de este modo el saber de la arquitectura.