Gozar el arte, gozar la arquitectura

This series was the winner of the American Institute of Architects' prestigious "Award for Excellence in International Book Publishing". Each volume in this series is introduced with an essay on the architect, and a chronological or stylistic presentation of their most outstanding buildings and projects. No other series provides such a complete and concise summary of the world's leading architects' works. The volumes are fully illustrated in black-and-white with photos and project renderings.

La actualidad e interés de cuanto este libro plantea quedaría demostrada con solo llevar a cabo una visión retrospectiva de algunos aspectos del desarrollo de la restauración en nuestro país.

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.

Hoy concebimos y realizamos obras, en la mayoría de los casos, sin conocer a quienes serán sus habitantes. A su vez, debemos contemplar los intereses económicos del desarrollador, que gravitan fuertemente en la toma de decisiones proyectuales. Con estas consideraciones, nos sentamos a trabajar. Tenemos que distanciarnos de nuestros deseos y preferencias e imaginarnos al destinatario de la vivienda, para ofrecerle ideas materializadas ajustadas a pautas fundamentales de habitabilidad, acceso, aislación, orientación, ventilación natural, entre otras. Todas ellas orientadas hacia el...