Ciudad Memoria y Paisaje

Este libro no es una revisión crítica de arquitectura ni un estudio especializado en materias de patrimonio o de historia. Es un libro de archiveros que permite observar y conocer, especialmente a las actuales generaciones, un modo hacer obras fundado en la relación de la poesía con los oficios; practicable no sólo en los ámbitos académicos, sino que puede construir materialmente el mundo. La Parroquia de Corral, reconstruida después del gran terremoto de 1960 en el sur de Chile es fiel testimonio de este obrar.

Xavier Bordils (Castelló, 1939) has stood out for his contributions to promote and spread design, graphic design and packaging, as well as for his intense projectual activity. Convictions and preferences are summarised in the text that goes with his mark: ¿Xavier Bordils: anti-stylist design, graphic design, structural design, global design, utilitary design, industrial product design, sematic design, architectural design, design, blah, blah, blah.¿

For store planners and designers, visual merchandisers, owner/operators of retail stores, graphic designers, office & restaurant managers.

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 ...