Umberto Riva

Barcelona puede ser considerada como prototipo de ciudad europea mediterránea con larga tradición urbana. Como tal, ha seguido un proceso de formación histórica específico: densidad y compacidad de su forma urbana, evolución por extensión más que por reforma, etc. Una historia urbanística debe comprender sintéticamente la experiencia territorial y urbana y debe prestar una especial atención a las dimensiones físicas de la ciudad, que condicionan el desarrollo cultural y económico. Índice: Desde sus orígenes a la capitalidad mediterránea medieval.- Desde la urbanización del...

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...

"Taking over the baton from their mentor and friend Eduardo Chillida, the architects Juan Carlos Sancho (San Sebastián, 1957) and Sol Madridejos (Madrid, 1958) have pursued a sensitive dialectic between matter and void that lies at the foundations of a fertile formal laboratory, one where the fold is an instrument with great potential in the attainment of structural, spatial, and material coherence. In these pages Arquitectura Viva presents a selection of four Spanish works – ranging from a small chapel to a large educational complex – in which the duo composes variations on the same...

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