Arquitectura en Italia

Rasgo distintivo estético y estructural de las ciudades del siglo XX, cuyo perfil ha transformado, la "arquitectura moderna" nace y se desarrolla en buena parte del globo entre 1910 y 1970. Su concepción trajo aparejada una promesa de transformación, por su aparente capacidad para transformar ciudades sucias y abarrotadas en espacios amplios de viviendas generosas ubicados en paisajes modelados. En esta breve introducción, Adam Sharr expone el desarrollo de esta arquitectura, que ha creado poderosísimas imágenes culturales apoyándose en las innovaciones de las técnicas de...

A compilation of texts by Professor Julio Arroyo previously presented in different academic meetings make up the present edition centered in public spaces in contemporary cities and the architecture that is concomitant, taking as a study reference the city of Santa Fe. Public spaces are a crucial category of urban life. However, in contemporary cities inconsistencies and contradictions prevail against the ethical postulates that define them -social cohesion, democratic inclusion, free expression, symbolic representation of citizen values- and the phenomena of what is public, dissociated in...

This series is the best reference available for information on today's leading architects, and presents their work in an affordable and thoroughly illustrated format. Each book begins with an overview of the architect's style and accomplishments written by a leading architecture critic. Then, approximately twenty noteworthy works and projects are discussed by the architect and presented in detail with site plans, drawings, and black-and-white photographs.

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...