Materiales de urbanismo 2011.13

Esta publicación es producto de la investigación realizada dentro del grupo de investigación en Morfología Estructural y busca proporcionar bases conceptuales para el planteamiento de nuevas estructuras arquitectónicas. El conocimiento de las posibilidades estructurales permite, en arquitectura, propuestas fundamentalmente y construibles. El desarrollo a través de la investigación de nuevos conocimientos para el planteamiento de estructuras no convencionales, denominadas así en este documento por su escasa y casi inexistente aplicación en proyectos arquitectónicos, pretende ofrecer...

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.

The Magic Box, carried out by Dominique Perrault Architecture, is more than a public sports facility. It is a whole conceptual, urbanistic and constructive manifesto through the insertion of a radically contemporary building in a sensitive environment, which has helped to regenerate the southern edge of the city of Madrid and to round off the urban banks of the Manzanares River. The book includes unpublished texts by Andreas Ruby (a didactic essay) and Hans Ulrich Ibrist (an exclusive interview). It also includes a technical dossier dedicated to the construction of the building highly...

In recent years society has created innumerable fashionable bars - the result of cutting edge interior design. This volume has a selection of the best bars in the world, from New York to London, Shanghai and Bucharest. The book includes the recent work of the most internationally renowned architects, accompanied by color photos and plans which help with technical understanding of each project. The projects will be presented in alphabetical order of the designers. An index of contact information of the designers and architects is enclosed.