La arquitectura y el proceso de diseño

«... 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.

La arquitectura es una forma de escritura, cargada de signos, de yuxtapuestas grafías y de múltiples sentidos. Escritura de piedra pues –como la llamó un poeta–, la arquitectura es pasado construido, muros que cuentan, narrativa concreta. Los edificios aquí reseñados son grafías urbanas, porque están inscritos en los recodos de la ciudad, en sus rastros y en sus restos, en aquellos fragmentos que de nosotros mismos y de nuestros ancestros, que han quedado desperdigados por las calles en damero. Grafías como modo de escribir, de representar sonidos, viejos y ahogados bullicios que...

How much importance do we give to the settings in which we live, sleep and relax when we go travelling? Nowadays travel usually means spending time in hotels, and these establishments have set about specializing in order to satisfy the varied needs of their guests. In this book we have sought to open a window on today's highly innovative hotels by showcasing some particularly attractive examples from all over the world. All the hotels that we have gathered together are united by a quest for up-to-date design aimed at providing a welcome for business travelers or tourists.

Ask Americans to think of a famous architect and the person they are most likely to name is Frank Lloyd Wright. Wright's work, his reputation, and his long and colorful career have made him an icon of modern American architecture. But despite his status as America's most celebrated architect, his influence throughout an active practice spanning the years 1896 to 1959 is so wide and complex that it has been difficult to grasp fully. The essays in this book look not at the United States, the context usually associated with Wright, but at countries around the globe. Anthony Alofsin has assembled ...