Ciudades imaginadas en la literatura y en las artes

_____________________________________________ Mansilla + Tuñón, ganadores del Premio Mies van der Rohe de Arquitectura Europea 2007 por el Museo de arte contemporáneo de Castilla y León (MUSAC). _____________________________________________ En 1993, Luis Moreno Mansilla, Luis Rojo y Emilio Tuñón fundan la cooperativa de pensamiento Circo y, desde entonces, editan una publicación mensual bajo el mismo nombre. Circo constituye una plataforma de pensamiento en torno a la arquitectura, una pista de circo a la que se invita a participar. Con doce años de andadura, Circo lleva ya más de...

Ask Americans to think of a famous architect and the person they are most likely to name is Frank Lloyd Wright. Wright's work, his reputation, and his long and colorful career have made him an icon of modern American architecture. But despite his status as America's most celebrated architect, his influence throughout an active practice spanning the years 1896 to 1959 is so wide and complex that it has been difficult to grasp fully. The essays in this book look not at the United States, the context usually associated with Wright, but at countries around the globe. Anthony Alofsin has assembled ...

La consolidación de las grandes estructuras metropolitanas y su extensión hacia las periferias urbanas han dado lugar a una nueva cultura del hombre en relación con el territorio. La nueva sociedad postmoderna está construyendo una nueva ciudad vinculada a un nuevo paisaje, objeto de análisis de esta obra.

The incredible life story of one of the 20th century's most important designers, who knew everyone from Hemingway to Picasso. Ettore Sottsass and the Poetry of Things chronicles the life and times of one of the most important, prolific, and, above all, interesting designers and architects of the 20th century. Sottsass (1917-2007), originally trained as an architect and worked as a design consultant for Olivetti, where he developed the iconic Valentine typewriter, before going on to found the Memphis Group in the 1980s, ushering in an era of influential designs in furniture, ceramics and...