Suiza Constructiva

Desde finales de la decada de los sesenta, han ido surgiendo, en la representacion de la arquitectura, planteamientos graficos al margen de la operatividad tradicional, que han abierto interrogantes sobre sus origenes, sus modos de expresion y sus posibilidades de generalizacion. Esto ha sucedido especialmente en el ambito de lo que se ha entendido como neovanguardias arquitectonicas, la tendencia caracterizada por la experimentacion a partir de diferentes aspectos de una espacialidad moderna, y tambien, la mas renovadora, en lo referente a la representacion arquitectonica. Cuando la cultura...

In this work, which is based on heritage architecture and cultural studies, the relationship between communities and habitat is studied to understand their way of conceiving and inhabiting the urban territory. The author participation in the Plan Especial de Manejo y Protección (PEMP) of the set of architectural assets of Republican architecture of Quibdó led her to question the handling of historical centers containing declared architectural assets in the country. The stories made invisible or denied by hegemonic heritage perspectives "were the route charted within the framework of the PhD ...

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...

A Compilation of 30 Innovative Architectonic Inventions in Catalonia. The architecture produced in Catalonia has often been in the vanguard of Europe, especially since Barcelona hosted the 1992 Olympics. This book is an exciting overview of innovative spaces and techniques made in Catalonia, presenting a cross section of 'products' as well as the buildings and environments for which they were conceived. The products solve specific program requirements, new social demands, environmental needs, budget limitations and design aspirations to improve on the status quo. They are proving grounds of...