TEORIAS PROYECTIVAS. Textos y Proyectos de Reflexión en Arquitectura

The present edition publishes part of the research papers presented during the "Seminario de Investigación Arquitectura para la Producción" organized by the university of Michoacán between 2001 and 2002 that included the participation of national and international academics. The book gathers 23 collective and individual multidisciplinary works that examine from various perspectives the history of architecture in rural areas. Works are mainly focused in the colonial territory of the ex-bishopry of Michoacán divided in 4 main topics: Space, settlements, technology and environment and...

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 The book includes unpublished texts by Andreas Ruby (a didactic essay) and Hans Ulrich Ibrist (an exclusive interview).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...

"Architecture & Design Australia" is a new survey of Australian Architecture that takes an expansive look at over 50 builings, from private dwellings to public monuments, and includes many award-winning projects that have helped shape the energetic state of Australian design today. It is fair to say that the diversity of the Australian continent shapes the complexity of its architecture, and it is these ingredients that continue to set the scene for the country's exciting architectural language. An index with contact information of the featured architects and designers is enclosed.

La obra de Antoni Gaudí nos sigue fascinando hoy tanto como fascinó a Eusebi Güell, que en la exposición de París de 1878 quiso contactar con el autor desconocido de una vitrina para exponer guantes al que acabaría encargando hasta cinco significativos proyectos arquitectónicos. Basta pensar en cómo la Sagrada Família, su última y principal obra, sigue admirando hoy tanto o más que a principios del siglo XX, cuando a penas despuntaban sus primeras cuatro torres. Pero el rastro de su genio en Barcelona, Catalunya y España, e incluso sus proyectos no realizados, como el rascacielos...