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This book revolves around the drawings and scale models especially selected by architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha, who was conferred the degree of Doctorate Honoris Causa by the Universidad Nacional del Litoral in 2009. The personal selection done by PMdR resulted in a publishing project that included the participation of a group of academics from Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina convened so that, by means of short texts, freely elaborated their perspective on those drawings. The book is, therefore, the result of a collective work whose purpose is to think the architecture from its most common...

Sobre la fugacidad. O por qué vivir bien no es una broma. La vivienda es un asunto que no tan solo concierne a los negocios inmobiliarios, sino a la reflexión más profunda sobre la arquitectura. Y los arquitectos, casi todos, en una alianza constante y sumisa con los dueños del capital, siempre están más atareados en buscar un beneficio económico para unos pocos y olvidan un compromiso social para muchos. La vivienda social, como la vivienda en general, podría repensarse desde unas cuantas condiciones que, por supuesto, no interesan lo más mínimo a los que opinan que el inmovilismo, ...

A detailed study of the popular architecture in the Calchiques Valley region of Argentina, comprising parts of the Salta, Tucumán, and Catamarca provinces.

Barcelona 1992-2004 offers a selection of chronologically arranged projects that provide an overview of the period that commences with the 1992 Olympic Games and culminates in the huge cultural event that is the Universal Forum of Cultures-Barcelona 2004. The selection has focused in particular on projects involving the city’s openness to the sea and those which have managed to adapt to its existing residential fabric. Presented as separate chapters are projects for new high-rise buildings and schemes for the 22@ plan and the Universal Forum of Cultures. The selection is preceded by a text...

In the nineties, the modern orthodoxy has stopped imposing its criteria. At a time when there are as many architectural philosophies as architects, this volume offers us some answers to the common question of where present-day architecture is going. This view of the current world of architecture is presented through analysis of the projects of the most recognized and respected architects, but also the most innovative ones and those of the new generations.