Ensayos

La arquitectura de Luis Barragán se ha convertido en uno de los hechos artísticos señeros del arte mexicano y universal. [...] Asi, en este ensayo, la estudiosa rememora las tempranas influencias que Barragan recibio en su primera estancia europea: les disenos de jardines de Bac, las prospuestas vanguaristats de Le Corbusier, y la "arquitectura sin fin" de Kiesler[...].

For the first time ever a monograph dedicated to the temporary projects and personal designs created by world-renowned architect Enric Miralles.A quick perusal of the pages makes it patently clear that for Miralles the word temporary could never be synonymous with minor. From the design of the pergolas in the Olympic Village in Barcelona to the changing sets of an Opera that premiered in his own studio each work is a celebration of space, time and movement. 16 projects are featured.

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...

Este nuevo estudio de la arquitectura moderna internacional analiza las complejas motivaciones que impulsaron este movimiento revolucionario y valora sus triunfos y sus fracasos. Se reexamina asimismo la obra de los principales arquitectos del período, como Frank Lloyd Wright, Adolf Loos, Le Corbusier y Mies van der Rohe, a la vez que se arroja nueva luz sobre su papel como maestros reconocidos. Alan Colquhoun analiza la evolución de este movimiento desde el art noveau en la década de 1890 hasta las megaestructuras de la de 1960, poniendo así de manifiesto las exigencias, a menudo...