This fascinating book offers a new perspective on the architectural history of the Second World War, which in previous accounts has most often been viewed as a hiatus between peaceful ...

The squares of London are amongst its most famous and best loved features. Berkeley Square, Eaton Square, St James' Square - the names are inextricably linked with the history of ...

Este libro ofrece un excepcional recorrido cronológico por más de 500 obras paradigmáticas de la historia universal de la arquitectura. Lejos de centrarse en países y regiones específicos, el manual ...

The dwellings of hundreds of African ethnic groups offer a variety of conceptions and building practices that contradict the widespread image of the primitive hut commonly attributed to rural Africa. ...

Nicholas Fox Weber, for thirty-four years head of the Albers Foundation, spent many years with Anni and Josef Albers, the only husband-and-wife artistic pair at the Bauhaus (she was a ...

Cualquier acontecimiento histórico depende en gran medida del modo en que haya sido narrado por la 'historia oficial. Así, el movimiento moderno es un concepto construido mediante diversas narrativas que ...

Studying the relation of architecture to society, this book explains the manner in which the discipline of architecture adjusted itself in order to satisfy new pressures by society. Consequently, it ...

Praise for the First Edition "Because of its exceptionally wide perspective, even architectural historians who do not teach general survey courses are likely to enjoy and appreciate it." 'Annali d'architettura ...

La Castellana constituye hoy la vía más importante de Madrid. Su urbanización data del siglo XVIII y concentra la mayor parte de los palacios, palacetes y hoteles construidos en la ...

STOP: KEEP MOVING ES LA PRIMERA MONOGRAFÍA DE BUNKER ARQUITECTURA, UN GRUPO DE ARQUITECTOS, URBANISTAS. DISEÑADORES E INVESTIGADORES CON SEDE EN LA CIUDAD DE MÉXICO. SU NECESIDAD DE COMPRENDER LAS ...

La arquitectura es el resultado de un proceso que se articula en diversas tareas y en el tiempo. Construir requiere fondos, conocimientos, materiales y trabajo esforzado. El presente libro se ...

El cronista, minucioso contador de lo acaecido, apoyado en una prosa que discurre por la mirada sensible del arquitecto y la velada metáfora del poeta, deja constancia y nos recuerda ...

For more than thirty years, the Pritzker Architecture Prize has been awarded annually to a living architect 'whose built work demonstrates a combination of those qualities of talent, vision and ...

El libro pretende abordar la catalogación de toda la arquitectura modernista de Castilla-La Mancha, comprendida entre 1890 y 1930. Esta arquitectura se identifica como un estilo propio, ya sea desde ...

Nella periodizzazione tradizionale della storia dell'arte esiste un lungo intervallo oscuro tra l'architettura dell'età imperiale romana e quella del primo Medioevo. La vecchia tesi di un progressivo declino della cultura ...

Since its foundation in 1768, the Royal Academy has counted many of Britain's most illustrious architects among its membership. This handsome book, generously funded by the Thaw Charitable Trust, illustrates ...

This pioneering book studies the rise, heyday and demise of regionalism from the Belle Aepoque until the Eve of the Second World War. By using a novel comparative perspective it ...

In this major work, Slobodan Curcic traces the development of architecture in the Balkans from late antiquity to the height of the Ottoman Empire. Covering not just ecclesiastical buildings but ...

Le quattro avanguardie cui è dedicato questo saggio sono: l opera dei maestri, in avanti per il suo livello qualitativo; il movimento che auspica il risolversi dellarte nella vita; lavanguardia ...

1966, nasce a Firenze Superstudio. Il gruppo, formato da giovani laureati, si distingue subito nellambito delle neo-avanguardie europee e raggiunge un riconoscimento internazionale con la mostra 'Italy: The New Domestic ...