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Este libro constituye la obra póstuma de Colin Rowe, uno de los historiadores y críticos de arquitectura más destacados de la segunda mitad del siglo XX. En él se plasman sus enseñanzas sobre uno de los periodos históricos que siempre le fascinó: el Cinquecento, el siglo XVI italiano. El origen de los textos son sus legendarias clases sobre la arquitectura del Renacimiento que impartió durante 28 años en la Universidad de Cornell, de las cuales pronto empezaron a circular apuntes entre los estudiantes. Esas lecciones se distinguían de las de sus colegas por el énfasis puesto en la...

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...

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 ...