Berlin Modernism

Revealing the pleasure of contemplation, a well-known aesthetic professor journeys to the four corners of the earth, admiring the arts, architecture, and the people.

Xavier Bordils (Castelló, 1939) has stood out for his contributions to promote and spread design, graphic design and packaging, as well as for his intense projectual activity. Convictions and preferences are summarised in the text that goes with his mark: ¿Xavier Bordils: anti-stylist design, graphic design, structural design, global design, utilitary design, industrial product design, sematic design, architectural design, design, blah, blah, blah.¿

La perspectiva histórica que da el transcurrir del tiempo otorga a toda producción cultural una comprensión más vasta e integral. La propuesta sobre la que versa SUMMANDO parte de entender que entre la arquitectura construida y el círculo cultural desde el cual se realiza, se sostiene y se debate se encuentran los medios de difusión. Estos son la puerta por la cual entramos a una porción de la realidad que es la que se publica, se transmite y se ilustra. La realidad arquitectónica de las ciudades es distinta a la percepción que tenemos de ella. Intermediando ambas instancias, se...

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.