Gothic, Romanesque, Modernist, Metabolist... The variety of styles through architectural history can be bewildering. Whether it be a Gothic crocket or a simple Modernist join, this book illustrates all the ...

This major work provides the first comprehensive history of one of modernism's most defining and controversial architectural legacies: the 20th-century drive to provide 'homes for the people'. Vast programmes of ...

La modernidad arquitectónica necesitó una piedra de toque para verificar y legitimar su nueva arquitectura. Si pensamos en Le Corbusier, Oud o Aalto, su referente no fue la Roma de ...

Como es sabido, durante la segunda mitad del siglo XVI se fueron forjando las líneas y modelos de la arquitectura virreinal y el interés de esta publicación se centra en ...

¿Qué fue exactamente lo que dio lugar a la arquitectura onírica de star architects como Zaha Hadid? ¿Cómo afectó la relación entre artistas y arquitectos a la producción arquitectónica durante ...

In the 20th century, modern architecture thrived in Cuba and a wealth of buildings was realized prior to the revolution 1959 and in its wake. The designs comprise luxurious nightclubs ...

In 1950, the obligatory participation of visual artists in state building measures at home and abroad was decreed in the German Bundestag as well as in the parliament of the ...

I ventidue saggi del volume affrontano i molteplici registri dello sguardo degli architetti francesi, non solo dei pensionnaires dellAcadémie de France, in viaggio nella penisola e oltre, tra secondo Settecento ...

David Chipperfield Architects Berlin presents, 'A book about a large building (216,000 m2) recently built (between 2010 and 2018) in East Asia (Seoul) for Amorepacifia, a Korean beauty and cosmetics ...

The 'Co-Creating Architecture series looks at design studios in Denmark that emerged in the first decades of the 21st century. This generation of designers blazed a trail in Danish architecture ...

En la España de los siglos XV a XVII, con los grandes viajes y la exploración de mundos desconocidos, aparece una nueva conciencia de la tierra y del tiempo expresada ...

Adolf Meyer was Walter Gropiuss right-hand man, his planner and close confidant. As early as 1910, they jointly created the Fagus Factory, one of the most important modernist buildings. The ...

In 2006, architecture and design curator Adam Stech embarked on a photographic project to document the best Modernist architecture around the globe. More than thirty countries and more than a ...

What happens when the past'or, more specifically, a piece of cultural heritage'is fabricated? From 50 replica Eiffel Towers located around the world to Saddam Husseins reconstructions of ancient cities, examples ...

Every year the Dutch schools of architecture, urban design, and landscape architecture select their best graduation projects. The crop is unfailingly rich and varied and reflects the ambitions of a ...

Cet ouvrage retient la notion centrale de processus dans la production du bâti du 20e siècle. Il l'examine dans son avènement lors de l'indu strialisation de la construction, dans sa ...

Triangle Modern Architecture documents the rich history and unique cultural significance of a region that is one of the most important on the national map of modern design. Over the ...

A history of the building's reception While Mies van der Rohes pavilion at the International Exposition in Barcelona in 1929 went unnoticed by most of the visitors to the fairgrounds, ...

The Complex History of a Building With the temporary exhibition pavilion of the German Reich at the 1929 International Exposition in Barcelona, Mies van der Rohe designed an architectural icon, ...

Built and designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe 1928-1930, the Tugendhat House in Brno / Czech Republic is one of the most significant buildings of European modernism. In 2001, ...