Arquitectura y ciudad

Having graduated from Cornell University, Richard Meier established his own architectural firm in New York City in 1963, around a group known as the "Five Architects" of New York. This book includes 70 works and projects, chronologically ordered, from his first private houses around New York, to the most recent cultural centres, museums, corporate buildings and city planning for different cities in Europe, Asia and USA. This book, abundantly illustrated and documented, offers a chronological survey, from the first houses in the Hamptons to the most recent buildings including the Getty Center...

El declive, la decadencia y el deterioro son parte necesaria de la vida y del crecimiento; debemos aprender a valorarlos y a gestionarlos bien. Éste es uno de los mensajes del último libro póstumo de Kevin Lynch. De todas las criaturas vivas, los humanos somos los supremos creadores de desechos, aunque sólo recientemente hemos comenzado a pensar seriamente acerca de las formas de nuestro derroche. Va quedando claro que nuestros desechos nos afectan profundamente; amenazan nuestros sentimientos, nuestra salud y nuestro confort diario, así como nuestra propia subsistencia. Kevin Lynch...

El libro analiza y clarifica un tema hasta ahora un poco estudiado: el jardín como obra de arquitectura durante el Renacimiento italiano. Se acompaña de abundante material gráfico (más de 200 ilustraciones) y un índice de nombres.

A major critical study by noted architect and researcher Ramón Gutiérrez on the different phases of the history and evolution of the architectural patrimony of Paraguay spanning from primitive and colonial times to present days. The book includes a large collection of period photographs and color reproductions of the watercolors of the city of Asuncion done between 1855 and 1856 by French traveler Francisco Vincent of colonial and old Asuncion that graphically document how the original urban profile of Asunción has paid the tribute of the urban development and progress sacrificing its most ...