Movitectura: Arquitectura Móvil (Mobitecture) (Spanish Edition)

Reference honoring the cultural and architecture legacy of Daz Morales (b. Mexico) in the centenary of his birth. The present catalogue complements the book "Ignacio Diaz, su pensamiento" and is the result of an exhaustive research in the archive of the Diaz Morales family, examining a large number of documents and selecting for this publication the most representative. The drawings, documents, photographs, plans and elevations of each project are chronologically organized and represent the 7 decades of designs and architectural projects by the noted architect.

Acosta nos dejó un libro escrito desde su llegada a nuestro país, e impresa su segunda edición en 1947. Y una serie de escritos y fotografías de sus obras, que su esposa Telma Reca -con la colaboración de sus discípulos Rubén Movia y Arnoldo Gaite- convirtiera en el segundo libro, en 1976. Ambas ediciones se han agotado ya hace tiempo. Por el enorme valor de sus contenidos, sorprendentemente actuales y de utilidad para la comprensión de los problemas de la arquitectura contemporánea, es que consideramos valiosa la posibilidad de reeditar el primero de los libros, VIVIENDA Y CIUDAD, a ...

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.

Adolf Loos (1870-1933), riconosciuto come uno dei più significanti profeti dell'architettura moderna, era una star dei suoi tempi, conosciuto come un dandy audace e moralista che sfidava l'establishment. Le sue opere rappresentano non solo l'inizio del modernismo, ma introdussero anche il concetto di architettura degli spazi. Loos pubblicò anche numerosi saggi durante la sua vita, il più notevole dei quali è lo spesso incompreso "Ornament and crime". Annotation Supplied by Informazioni Editoriali