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This series is the best reference available for information on today's leading architects, and presents their work in an affordable and thoroughly illustrated format. Each book begins with an overview of the architect's style and accomplishments written by a leading architecture critic. Then, approximately twenty noteworthy works and projects are discussed by the architect and presented in detail with site plans, drawings, and black-and-white photographs.

En este libro se estudia la manera en la que el arquitecto configura la estructura. La relación entre la estructura y lo que la envuelve. Cómo la estructura se manifiesta en la arquitectura. Cuándo y por qué la estructura se oculta. Cuándo y por qué la estructura se emplea como efecto ilusorio, bien de la gravedad, bien del espacio. Pero sobre todo querríamos comprobar que la estructura es algo más que un sustentar. Y lo haremos mediante el estudio de estructuras históricas como el Partenón, la Sainte Chapelle, el Panteón, el Palacio de Carlos V, la Catedral de San Pablo, la...

Like no other international metropolis, New York succeeds in following the latest architectural and design trends and still maintains her unmistakable face. This second edition and guide New York introduces up-to-the-minute, finished projects and buildings still under construction in and around Manhattan and features the Big Apple's most popular restaurants, shops and hotels. The guide includes addresses, a map and comprehensive index. Book jacket.

This series is the best reference available for information on today's leading architects, and presents their work in an affordable and thoroughly illustrated format. Each book begins with an overview of the architect's style and accomplishments written by a leading architecture critic. Then, approximately twenty noteworthy works and projects are discussed by the architect and presented in detail with site plans, drawings, and black-and-white photographs.