La imagen de la ciudad medieval

In the immediate postwar years, a new type of modern architecture emerges. Beatriz Colomina presents domesticity as a potent new weapon in a changed architectural battlefield. This architecture becomes the property of the middle-class consumer bombarded with images of domestic bliss, a lifestyle campaign launched through recycled military techniques. The significance of architects like Charles and Ray Eames lies in their sensitivity to buildings and images both defining space. Colomina is Director of Princeton University's Architecture PhD program and acclaimed author of Privacy and Publicity ...

Muestra el motivo, cómo y con qué efectos los materiales más avanzados consiguen transformar el modo de vida.Se analiza la ciencia en transformación empleada, que se basa en tecnologías de fibra, sostenibilidad, biomimetismo, nanotecnología e innovación textil. Indispensable para todos los diseñadores de interiores, industriales, gráficos y de moda, para cualquiera relacionado con el packaging, el diseño, la arquitectura o el medio ambiente, y también para artistas y escultores. Los materiales son el fundamento de lo que significa innovar en el diseño del siglo XXI. Las sustancias ...

Whether we live in a house in the country or in a city home, a terrace is an increasingly cherished luxury that opens living space out to the exterior and creates more direct contact with nature. Spectacular and of varied design, some are on the roofs, some are fitted with a solarium, while others boast a garden. Over the course of 136 pages and with more than 140 spectacular photos in colour, Terrace Design offers a complete selection of terraces set in the country, by the sea and in the city. An original compilation that will inspire a new terrace or refurbishment and that offers valuable...

A comprehensive study on the evolution of 17th century architecture and architectonical elements in churches, civil buildings and houses in viceregal Lima, including the wooden structures using mudejar techniques. This architectural style resulted from the synergy process between indigenous and foreign construction techniques that merge to create a unique and local architecture. This is the third of a 4 volume series.