Grafías urbanas.

En esta obra Andrés Fernández indaga gracias a la arquitectura del San José de antaño en su historia social. Persigue hacer humana esa historia local, historia que por tal, está tan cerca del arte de narrar: se trata de volver a contar, lo que cuentan los muros de la ciudad. "Los muros cuentan. Crónicas de arquitectura histórica josefina" desmenuza la "biografía” de 19 edificios capitalinos, algunos de ellos muy conocidos, mientras otros solo existen hoy en fotografías.

Escrito en Montreal recoge una muestra del trabajo de los estudiantes del seminario de posgrado Critical Writing (Escritura Crítica) que enseña el Profesor Ricardo L. Castro en la Escuela de Arquitectura de McGill University, sobre temas de escritura en arquitectura, especialmente narrativa de, y sobre, lugar. La ciudad de Montreal ha sido consistentemente el lugar a explorar. El trabajo de los participantes del seminario, que corresponde al semestre de otoño de 2013, combina experiencia de lugar con reflexiones teóricas e históricas sobre lugares urbanos. Los ensayos cortos de los...

Having graduated from Cornell University, Richard Meier established his own architectural firm in New York City in 1963, around a group known as the "Five Architects" of New York. This book includes 70 works and projects, chronologically ordered, from his first private houses around New York, to the most recent cultural centres, museums, corporate buildings and city planning for different cities in Europe, Asia and USA. This book, abundantly illustrated and documented, offers a chronological survey, from the first houses in the Hamptons to the most recent buildings including the Getty Center...

Traces the career of the turn of the century Spanish architect, shows his designs for homes, apartments, schools, and churches, and discusses his unique, organic style

Building on the success of its Cool Shops line, teNeues is expanding its sights to focus on the many retail offerings of fashion-conscious Munich. As befits a beautiful and exciting city, the range of shops in Munich encompasses everything from the suavely classic to the cutting-edge and avant-garde. Here you?ll find an overview of retail destinations such as the exclusive designer boutiques on the Maximilianstra?e, the trendy vintage stores in Schwabing and?last but by no means least?the gleaming new shopping malls such as the F?nf H?fe. ? This indispensable guide to the best stores and...