Introducción a la arquitectura contemporánea

El contenido de este libro es una colección de textos breves escritos por el profesorado de la Escuela de Arquitectura de Cataluña, relacionados con actividad docente extraordinaria: seminarios, laboratorios, masters y doctorados y con la ordinaria: asignaturas y talleres de grado, todos estos textos apuntan a ser compartidos con la comunidad intelectual y amigos de la Arquitectura

The present edition publishes part of the research papers presented during the "Seminario de Investigación Arquitectura para la Producción" organized by the university of Michoacán between 2001 and 2002 that included the participation of national and international academics. The book gathers 23 collective and individual multidisciplinary works that examine from various perspectives the history of architecture in rural areas. Works are mainly focused in the colonial territory of the ex-bishopry of Michoacán divided in 4 main topics: Space, settlements, technology and environment and...

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...

Centrado en la génesis, el diseño, la construcción y el presente de la arquitectura que acoge el Centro-Museo Vasco de Arte Contemporáneo, el libro recorre setenta años de la historia Vitoria, desde los primeros impulsos de la estación de autobuses a principios de los años 30 del siglo pasado hasta la intensa actividad del centro-museo actual.