Materiales de urbanismo 2011.13

En Arquitectura, las teorías que profundizan en problemáticas relacionadas al proyecto y buscan desequilibrar aquellos aspectos que hacen al sentido común y las condiciones establecidas de la disciplina, podrían ser consideradas Teorías Proyectivas. Este libro compila una serie de textos teóricos sobre el proyecto en Arquitectura que buscan indagar en los aspectos centrales de la disciplina. Se propone un recorrido por el proyecto arquitectónico desde la Historia, pasando por problematizaciones contemporáneas en relación a la técnica y la materialidad, hasta propuestas actuales...

Ask Americans to think of a famous architect and the person they are most likely to name is Frank Lloyd Wright. Wright's work, his reputation, and his long and colorful career have made him an icon of modern American architecture. But despite his status as America's most celebrated architect, his influence throughout an active practice spanning the years 1896 to 1959 is so wide and complex that it has been difficult to grasp fully. The essays in this book look not at the United States, the context usually associated with Wright, but at countries around the globe. Anthony Alofsin has assembled ...

This series is the best reference available for information on today's leading architects, and presents their work in an affordable and thoroughly illustrated format. Each book begins with an overview of the architect's style and accomplishments written by a leading architecture critic. Then, approximately twenty noteworthy works and projects are discussed by the architect and presented in detail with site plans, drawings, and black-and-white photographs.

A study of each phase of the prolific trajectory of architect Pani (b. Mexico). A strong follower of Le Corbusier principles and whose modernist and grand scale urban and construction designs allowed him to construct in Mexico the first international hotel, the first multi family housing complex, the first condominium and the first satellite city. His architectural legacy includes more than 130 projects covering all types of buildings: housing, schools, hospitals, airports, commercial, office and urban, designs. All photographs (black and white 8x10 plaques ) in this catalogue were shot by...