Gozar el arte, gozar la arquitectura

The remarkably prolific career of an innovative young Chilean architect is profiled in this engaging study. Born in 1965 and in professional practice since 1991, this architect's impact on his native landscape is observed mainly in a series of private houses located in some of the most sublime sites in Chile. The forceful yet austere character of his design approach and its radical relationship to surrounding landscape elements can be fully appreciated by viewing this book's fine pictorial panorama.

Quito Heritage.-The most exciting and poetic journey through UNESCO's first World Cultural Heritage site. The pre-Columbian, ancient Quito and its domains: the colonial Quito that begins with Sebastian de Benalcázar, the Republican Quito, cradle of independence in the Americas, the metropolitan Quito, vibrant, cosmopolitan and modern. All these different forms of Quito are included of this book, opening to us generously, showing us the paths to the most beautiful altars i Latin America, covered in gold and Escuela Quiteña, showing us the unique identity of Ecuador's capital. The book...

Rem Koolhaas, fundador de OMA (Office for Metropolitan Architecture), es uno de los arquitectos contemporáneos cuyo trabajo profesional y obra teórica ha ejercido mayor influencia en la arquitectura contemporánea. Este libro reúne una conferencia y un seminario celebrados en la Rice School of Architecture donde Koolhaas discute las implicaciones urbanas y arquitectónicas de la construcción de lo enorme, utilizando para ello tres ejemplos de proyectos a gran escala: la terminal marítima de Zeebrugge, la Biblioteca de Francia y el Centro ZKM de Karlsruhe. El libro reúne, de una manera...

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