Historia de la forma urbana

The only city in the world to span two continents, Istanbul blends European and Asian influences with great style. Home to one of the world's most distinctive cuisines, dining here is an experience to be savored. This compendium showcases the trendiest dining establishments, sure to please even the most sophisticated of sensibilities. With elegant interiors and audacious selections of Turkish and international dishes, Istanbul is home to a dynamic dining scene where you?re sure to be dazzled. This invaluable overview to what's happening in Istanbul's dining scene is interspersed with a...

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...

This series was the winner of the American Institute of Architects' prestigious "Award for Excellence in International Book Publishing". Each volume in this series is introduced with an essay on the architect, and a chronological or stylistic presentation of their most outstanding buildings and projects. No other series provides such a complete and concise summary of the world's leading architects' works. The volumes are fully illustrated in black-and-white with photos and project renderings.

Desde las últimas décadas del siglo pasado son cada vez más numerosas las investigaciones desde la perspectiva artística que se han ocupado del siglo XIX en un intento de comprender y analizar sus realizaciones con mayor objetividad o, al menos, sin los prejuicios con que inicialmente el siglo XX juzgó lo decimonónico, al proyectar sobre esa época sus propios ideales y la mirada de las sucesivas vanguardias. Este hecho ha propiciado también un mayor interés por la arquitectura y el urbanismo de esa centuria. Al margen del aprecio estético que puedan suscitarnos hoy en día sus...