Combining formal argument with informal conversations and design proposals, Architecture at the Edge of Everything Else offers creative ideas for "thinking and acting architecture differently." What makes the book unique ...

On his French identity card, legendary architect Le Corbusier listed his profession as "Homme de Lettres" (Man of Letters). Celebrated for his architecture, which numbers fewer than sixty buildings, Le ...

Este libro presenta por primera vez en castellano una selección de textos escritos por Wolf D. Prix en el contexto de su trabajo desarrollado en el despacho Coop Himmelb[l]au entre ...

Los capitulos que componen esta obra constituyen las ponencias presentadas en la I Reunion Cientificaa del Grupo de Investigacion Arquitectura y Cultura Contemporanea, celebrada en Granada en marzo de 2007.

El libro recoge las 24 intervenciones del Simposio Internacional en homenaje a Ricardo Aroca celebrado en la ETSA de Madrid el 23 y 24 de septiembre de 2010: Addis, Aguiló, ...

Una gramática fundamental sobre los orígenes, conceptos y procesos de trabajo en el proyecto de arquitectura. El libro, síntesis del trabajo pedagógico de doce años, articula la investigación de estudiantes ...

Estamos acostumbrados a la omnipotencia del arquitecto; su divinización, sin embargo, se remonta a los inicios de la historia. En Mesopotamia, Enki, uno de los tres grandes dioses del panteón ...

For nearly twenty years now, Blair Kamin of the Chicago Tribune has explored how architecture captures our imagination and engages our deepest emotions. A winner of the Pulitzer Prize for ...

In-depth study of Louis Kahn's unbuilt masterpiece as an introduction to an evolving paradigm of architectural space. It was not by chance that Louis Kahn's move into his profession's spotlight ...

Este libro reúne dos encuentros con Paulo Mendes da Rocha. El primero, bajo el título 'Maquetas de papel', recoge un seminario celebrado en abril de 2006 en Curitiba. En él, ...

Este libro trata de cómo percibimos las cosas que nos rodean y, en especial, la arquitectura. Con un lenguaje claro y preciso, el autor va describiendo las sensaciones que experimentamos ...

The Founding Myths of Architecture brings together and discusses the work of some of the most influential and intriguing figures in the history of architecture to explore the significance of ...

Providing a precise and expansive definition of patterns, this book reveals new organizational strategies for architects to follow. Drawing on the work of a diverse group of young international architects ...

Alberto Campo Baeza vio la luz en Cádiz y la Arquitectura en Madrid en 1971. Catedrático de Proyectos en la Escuela de Arquitectura de Madrid desde 1986, ha sido profesor ...

Providing a concise and accessible introduction to the work of the twentieth centurys celebrated German philosopher, Hans-Georg Gadamer, this book focuses on the aspects of Gadamers philosophy that have been ...

Pierre Bourdieu is arguably one of the twentieth centurys greatest socio-philosophical thinkers and his writings have much to offer anyone interested in the ways that people value, consume and produce ...

Today's explosive developments in digital technology have also affected architecture and the urban landscape. The new possibilities opened up by digital simulation have led to an increasingly strategic approach to ...

What is the Agbar Tower? A Headquarters. Why this shape? The oblong top of the Tower creates an optimized environment to raise a war cyborg. What is the Casa da ...