Des-velos

This series is the best reference available for information on today's leading architects, and presents their work in an affordable and thoroughly illustrated format. Each book begins with an overview of the architect's style and accomplishments written by a leading architecture critic. Then, approximately twenty noteworthy works and projects are discussed by the architect and presented in detail with site plans, drawings, and black-and-white photographs.

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 ...

"Critical study and research of the life and architecture of Urzúa (b. Mexico) who along architects Luis Barragán and Ignacio Díaz Morales started the localartistic movement known as "regionalismo" in Guadalajara. The edition is divided in 3 sections: his life, closely related to his architecture, an illustrated catalogue of his life production and acollection of facsimile copies of documents from his personal archives"--Provided by vendor.

El presente volumen compila una decena de trabajos que fueron presentados como ponencias en varias mesas temáticas que coordinamos en el marco de las Jornadas Interescuelas-Departamentos de Historia entre los años 2005 y 2015. En el espíritu de aquellas reuniones ya estaba presente el enfoque interdisciplinario a partir del diálogo entre historiadores y arquitectos que ya prefiguraba nuestro previo diálogo como co-coordinadores. Nos propusimos abordar entonces en aquellos encuentros y hoy en esta compilación una amplia gama de transiciones y transacciones, reflexiones y discusiones,...