El dibujo de arquitectura

«... El material, detalle y estructura de un edificio forman en conjunto una condición absoluta. El potencial de la arquitectua reside en conferir significados auténticos a lo que vemos, olemos y tocamos. la tectónica es fundamental para nuestro sentidos. El nuevo libro de Kenneth Frampton es fundamental para arquitectos, estudiantes y cualquier interesado en los secretos de la arquitectura...» Rafael moneo, catedrático de Arquitectura, Universidad de Harvard, Graduate School of Design.

Located in Mexico City, Tatiana Bilbao Estudio is well known internationally for its use of traditional Mexican construction techniques, the highly sculptural effects of its buildings and its unusually collaborative approach toward each client. Founded by Tatiana Bilbao (born 1972) in 2004, its completed buildings include the Gratitude Open Chapel in La Ruta del Peregrino, Gabriel Orozco's house in Roca Blanca and the botanical garden in Culiacan. The enormous production of ideas and designs that takes place there is directed to different spaces, in which the architecture is deeply humanized. ...

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.

Barcelona, con su historia milenaria y su ubicación singular en el corredor mediterráneo constituye una ciudad de compleja evolución urbanística. El libro recoge los hechos cruciales de la historia urbana así como la arquitectura de la cuidad. El presente volumen está estructurado en tres capítulos que ordenan la historia y la arquitectura de Barcelona en tres escalas