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The Magic Box, carried out by Dominique Perrault Architecture, is more than a public sports facility. It is a whole conceptual, urbanistic and constructive manifesto through the insertion of a radically contemporary building in a sensitive environment, which has helped to regenerate the southern edge of the city of Madrid and to round off the urban banks of the Manzanares River. The book includes unpublished texts by Andreas Ruby (a didactic essay) and Hans Ulrich Ibrist (an exclusive interview). It also includes a technical dossier dedicated to the construction of the building highly...

Vienna's elegance and monumentality reflect its once exalted status as the showpiece of an empire but Austria's capital is also a generous, open-armed city where everyday life plays itself out in world-famous caf?s, wine taverns, and restaurants. Here is a selection of the most fashionable places to enjoy excellent meals in beautifully designed interiors. Another in teNeues? best-selling restaurant series, this flexi-bound guide includes over 130 color photographs as well as sample recipes.

Este libro trata de los estilos y las tendencias de la primera mitad del siglo XX que están ausentes o son marginales en las historias de la arquitectura moderna, pero que fueron importantes e influyentes en la época en la que nacieron. En el texto se analizan los movimientos expresionistas y simbolistas tanto como los estilos épicos modernos, el Futurismo, el Art Déco, el Novecento, la arquitectura metafísica, el monumentalismo industrial babilónico y los diversos tipos de clasicismo. Con ello se pretende restituir toda su riqueza y complejidad a la historia de la arquitectura moderna...

Ask Americans to think of a famous architect and the person they are most likely to name is Frank Lloyd Wright. Wright's work, his reputation, and his long and colorful career have made him an icon of modern American architecture. But despite his status as America's most celebrated architect, his influence throughout an active practice spanning the years 1896 to 1959 is so wide and complex that it has been difficult to grasp fully. The essays in this book look not at the United States, the context usually associated with Wright, but at countries around the globe. Anthony Alofsin has assembled ...