América Latina, nueva arquitectura

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A Compilation of 30 Innovative Architectonic Inventions in Catalonia. The architecture produced in Catalonia has often been in the vanguard of Europe, especially since Barcelona hosted the 1992 Olympics. This book is an exciting overview of innovative spaces and techniques made in Catalonia, presenting a cross section of 'products' as well as the buildings and environments for which they were conceived. The products solve specific program requirements, new social demands, environmental needs, budget limitations and design aspirations to improve on the status quo. They are proving grounds of...

La presente publicación responde a una demanda de reflexión crítica en torno al lugar de la ciudad, su planificación, arquitectura y entorno sociocultural. La propuesta narrativa, señalada en anteriores publicaciones: Los axiomas del crepúsculo (1990), esplendor y fragmento (1995), Las primaveras de ilion (2010)… responde a una valoración crítica modesta en sus pretensiones historiográficas, ampliada en algunos apartados como crítica sociocultural que somete a consideración, desde la mirada del superviviente, el discurrir de la arquitectura en la heterogénea disciplina de la...

Barcelona, con su historia milenaria y su ubicación singular en el corredor mediterráneo constituye una ciudad de compleja evolución urbanística. El libro recoge los hechos cruciales de la historia urbana así como la arquitectura de la cuidad. El presente volumen está estructurado en tres capítulos que ordenan la historia y la arquitectura de Barcelona en tres escalas