Valparaíso. Un balcón urbano / An urban balcony

A major critical study by noted architect and researcher Ramón Gutiérrez on the different phases of the history and evolution of the architectural patrimony of Paraguay spanning from primitive and colonial times to present days. The book includes a large collection of period photographs and color reproductions of the watercolors of the city of Asuncion done between 1855 and 1856 by French traveler Francisco Vincent of colonial and old Asuncion that graphically document how the original urban profile of Asunción has paid the tribute of the urban development and progress sacrificing its most ...

"Major survey of Ibero-American 21st century architects details the work of 40 architects"--Provided by vendor.

A través de tres artículos escritos en distintas épocas y circunstancias, Rafael Moneo nos acerca a la arquitectura invitándonos a observar con una nueva mirada dos edificios tan conocidos como la mezquita de Córdoba y la lonja de Sevilla, y a descubrir otro más reciente y secreto: el carmen de Rodríguez-Acosta en Granada. Un revelador e instructivo acercamiento a la historia y la geografía de nuestro país de la mano de uno de los arquitectos contemporáneos que mejor ha sabido hacer dialogar pasado y presente.

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...