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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...

For the first time ever a monograph dedicated to the temporary projects and personal designs created by world-renowned architect Enric Miralles.A quick perusal of the pages makes it patently clear that for Miralles the word temporary could never be synonymous with minor. From the design of the pergolas in the Olympic Village in Barcelona to the changing sets of an Opera that premiered in his own studio each work is a celebration of space, time and movement. 16 projects are featured.

En estas líneas se pretende simplemente, dar un detenido paseo por nuestro contexto cultural, que nos ayude en la aprensión y la consignación de las experiencias no cuantificables de la arquitectura (como los métodos de representación de las calidades sonoras y lumínicas) y que arroje algo de luz sobre un fenómeno tan antiguo como vasto y todavía resbaladizo.

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...

El propósito que surge al plantear una investigación sobre el centro urbano madrileño es el de definir su especificidad y las diferencias planteadas en sus ritmos evolutivos con respecto a otros espacios urbanos (Ensanche y Extrarradio) durante un período en el que la ciudad dio un gran salto de escala desde un punto de vista económico, social y político. Este objetivo nos ha llevado a intentar descifrar las causas y consecuencias del proceso que transformó la fisonomía de este espacio desde un punto de vista funcional, estructural y social entre mediados del siglo XIX y el estallido...