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"Barcelona" presents a study-in text and photographic image-of one of the most architecturally fascinating and impressive cities in the world. From the Gaudí cathedral to Albert Viaplana and Helio Piñón's recent Centre de Cultura Contemporània, from the Palau de la Musica to the Dali Museum, what we find is a city whose magnificent strength lies in the coexistence of its amazingly diverse and historically disparate variety of structures. The city of Barcelona absorbs new influences and maintains traditions organically, avoiding a sense of fragmentation for a sense of exuberance and...

El presente libro reúne una serie muy diversa de textos que se han dividido en tres grandes apartados temáticos. El primero es el dedicado a la arquitectura de los grandes maestros, y que insiste sobre todo en tres autores que siguen siendo claves de nuestro panorama y de nuestro quehacer, Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe y Alvar Aalto, completados también con Scharoun y con los arquitectos nórdicos más famosos entendidos como un trabajo colectivo. Todos los textos indagan fundamentalmente acerca de la forma de hacer arquitectura -de la forma de proyectar- de estos importantes personajes, ...

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.

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.