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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 ...

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.

Este catalogo recorre cronologicamente la obra construida desde 1959 hasta 1992 por el arquitecto Umberto Riva con despacho profesional en su ciudad natal.

La biografía de un hombre universal. Una extraordinaria narración del auge, la decadencia y el colapso de la democracia ateniense. Publicada en 1940 y considerada una obra maestra, La vida privada y pública de Sócrates consagró a René Kraus como biógrafo de excepción. No es tarea fácil sumergir al lector moderno en la Atenas clásica desde la primera página y hacerle revivir, con impresionante realismo, los gloriosos días de la era de Pericles y los años dramáticos de las guerras del Peloponeso, la guerra civil y la decadencia. En medio de aquellos esplendores y tumultos se alza...