TEORIAS PROYECTIVAS. Textos y Proyectos de Reflexión en Arquitectura

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 ...

The book is an historic and graphical account of the patios of "vecindad" (neighbourhood) in the port city of Veracruz, in a period that goes from the end of the 19th century to the beginning of the 21st century. The foreword of this edition, states that the first record of a patio of a "vecindad" dates back to 1791, highlighting that those patios have seen the early years of musician and singer "Toña la Negra" and were the place of origin of the famous "picadas" from Veracruz, one of the most popular snacks of the jarocha traditional cuisine.

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.

Este libro recoge una conversación que Juan María Songel mantuvo con Frei Otto en su taller-estudio de Warmbronn en 2004, junto a un elocuente texto, 'Fundamentos de una arquitectura del mañana', publicado en 1997. El material reunido en este libro constituye una ocasión única para conocer las posiciones teóricas del arquitecto alemán y descubrir su vasta y prolífica experiencia. A lo largo de los textos se abordan temas de indudable interés y actualidad, como los procesos físicos de generación de la forma y su vigencia con respecto a las posibilidades de los ordenadores, las...