Jose Luis Mateo/Spanish and English

London is famous for Big Ben; Paris for the Eiffel Tower; Rome for the Colosseum. Barcelona, on the other hand, is not identified by one or two famous buildings as these other European cities, but rather by an entire movement of turn-of-the-century architecture known simply as Modernisme. Familiar to Americans as art nouveau, its most famous practitioner was the artist and architect Antoni Gaudi. But the city is filled with superb examples of art nouveau in vivid color in Barcelona Art Nouveau. This book offers a tour of 46 houses, public buildings, and monuments in the art-nouveau style,...

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.

El interés por los espacios mínimos surge a partir de la experiencia personal de la autora en una vivienda de pequeñas dimensiones. Estos no deben ser espacios que se escojan por obligación, sino como experiencia voluntaria, al igual que el propio Le Corbusier elige su estancia mínima como lugar para pasar las vacaciones en Roquebrune-Cap-Martin. Se pretende poner en evidencia la influencia que tuvo Le Cabanon en la arquitectura y en la evolución de los espacios mínimos habitables, haciéndolos funcionar como una máquina en conjunto con los muebles que lo integran. Para ello se...

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