Synonymous with sleek sophistication, Milan hosts one of the worlds greatest concentrations of style. With a creative flair for trend-making and rule-bending, this northern Italian city features many modern marvels. From cutting-edge cafes to sumptuous ...

Vitamin Green provides an up-to-the-minute look at the single most important topic in contemporary design: sustainability. This new attention to the life of the things we make is changing the way design is practiced on ...

The façade is the 'skin' of a building. It forms the boundary between interior and exterior, form and function, between user and passersby. In addition to aspects of function, construction, design and urban space, increasingly ...

Ahrends, Burton and Koralek (ABK) was established in London in 1961 by three young AA graduates, Peter Ahrends, Richard Burton and Paul Koralek. By the 1970s, ABK was known as one of the most creative ...

Básicamente un recorrido por la capital, "porque, en Cádiz, el objeto arquitectónico coincide con la totalidad de la ciudad, que es como un gran edificio en el que las calles son como pasillos. La ciudad, ...

Incluye un estudio general de la población y cinco itinerarios en los que describe las distintas construcciones y la relación con la historia.

This volume, Mortars, Renders and Plasters, provides a broad perspective of contemporary conservation theory and practice not otherwise found in one publication, describing the history, physical properties, and deterioration of these important materials. Methods of ...

This volume, Timber, deals with wide-ranging use of the material in historic buildings, from vast structural timber-frames through to high-class joinery and simple fixings. Particular attention is paid to how and why timber decays or ...

Los jardines de al-Andalus ocupan un lugar relevante en la historia de la cultura. Junto a sus valores intrínsecos se añade que algunos de ellos son los cultivos ornamentales más antiguos de Occidente que han ...

Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675) is one of the most admired and influential European painters. His limited output, as well as his extremely private life and his supposed use of a camera obscura, have until recently made ...

Pubblicato in occasione della grande esposizione romana, il volume rappresenta l'occasione per una formidabile riflessione visiva sulle principali tendenze artistiche americane del dopoguerra, attraverso una rassegna di capolavori provenienti dai fondi Guggenheim in tema di ...

An affordable compact edition of the major monograph that offers new insights into the life and work of this astonishing creative genius. Bruegel's subjects are often traditional: stories from the Bible and mythology, scenes of ...

The paintings of the Musée dOrsay. An exceptional collection. Built up over time through purchases by the state, donations and bequests from artists, collectors and patrons, and also thanks to an active acquisitions policy, the ...

This richly illustrated, authoritative and accessible book presents a fresh way of looking at ancient Greek art and archaeology, combining a clear chronological narrative with a lively account of art and material culture and emphasizing ...

From 1957 to 1961, the British School at Athens undertook an extensive programme of stratigraphical excavations at Knossos under Sinclair Hood, then Director of the School. This report publishes in detail the results of investigations ...

In November 2008, an ICREA/ESF Exploratory Workshop on the subject of late Roman fine wares was held in Barcelona, the main aim being the clarification of problems regarding the typology and chronology of the three ...

Divine Interiors is a unique and much-needed book that fills a conspicuous gap in the scholarship on ancient Greek and Roman wall painting. Moormann has succeeded in forging a sound methodology for investigating this subject ...

The site of Karphi, high above the Lasithi plateau, remains one of the most extensively investigated settlements of Early Iron Age Greece; it was excavated by the British School at Athens under the direction of ...

An in-depth presentation of an important contribution to New York residential architecture. Considered one of the most important architects of his generation, David Adjaye is lauded for high-profile buildings such as the Nobel Peace Center ...

Ante la próxima descatalogación del libro, UTZON : INSPIRATION, VISION, ARCHITECTURE, libro de referencia en cualquier biblioteca de Arquitectura, lo ofrecemos con un 55% de descuento hasta el 10 de julio del 2012 o hasta ...