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Una mirada renovada a los conceptos de original e imitación a través de un erudito recorrido por la arquitectura gótica.En una visita al Museo Británico, Félix de Azúa advierte el sutil desplazamiento del interes de los visitantes desde las salas dedicadas al arte griego hacia las del antiguo Egipto. A partir de esta observacion, se plantea una pregunta sobre los cambios historicos del gusto, que le servira como punto de partida de una breve historia del estilo gotico. Este, al igual que el clasicismo, ha conocido epocas de auge y de declive, y su fortuna ha respondido a las oscilaciones de la sensibilidad cultural a lo largo del tiempo.Hoy, en una Europa convertida en parque tematico, las catedrales goticas siguen despertando una fascinacion casi unanime. Pero ¿que admiramos realmente en ellas? ¿Cuanto pertenece a su origen y cuanto a una reconstruccion posterior o a un relato estetico alimentado por restauraciones, revivals y estrategias de mercado? Si el gotico apenas domino tres siglos, ¿que queda de el cuando sus materiales han sido sustituidos y su metafisica olvidada?De Notre-Dame al Parlamento britanico, pasando por el castillo de Disneyland Paris, este libro propone un viaje critico por la influencia del gotico en la arquitectura, la literatura y la musica, cuestionando con ironia y rigor los limites entre restauracion, reinterpretacion y fraude monumental.La critica ha dicho...Despues de la muerte de Octavio Paz, no creo que haya en nuestra lengua un ensayista mas personal, cosmopolita e ilustrado que Felix de Azua. Mario Vargas Llosa Felix de Azua es la moderacion, el equilibrio, la liberalidad, la independencia de juicio, el pensamiento profundo. Luis Maria Anson Felix de Azua lleva ocupandose desde hace tiempo de una serie de cuestiones y lo ha hecho siempre con una distancia amable, como si anduviera escribiendo siempre con una sonrisa y escapando de la solemnidad como de la peste, atento a meter el pie cuando fuera posible para encontrar un hueco entre las palabras y sacudir con una provocacion. A la manera de un tipo travieso que disfruta en la tarea de aprender, aunque el aprendizaje resulte al cabo el aprendizaje de la decepcion, y vaya descubriendo que el resultado nunca es producto de un calculo ni obedece a lo previsto, y que es totalmente falso que "el escritor posee o controla sus intenciones".Babelia Los textos de Azua aportan una mirada distinta: tan bien informada como creativa, tan sofisticada como sarcastica, tan seria como desmitificadora. Agustin Fernandez Mallo, El Cultural

Charles Rennie Mackintosh was an innovator.He is undoubtedly one of Scotlands most celebrated architects. His astounding buildings creatively reinterpreted the past and opened the way for the Modern Movement. Architecture was his first love, though he was also a highly accomplished artist and designer of interiors, furniture, metalwork, glass and textiles. In addition his graphic design work, using nature and organic plant forms, made him an early exponent of Symbolism and Art Nouveau. In the later years of his life he produced watercolour paintings of intense power and subtlety. His extraordinary work is still regarded today as innovative and modern, and continues to astonish and delight art lovers everywhere.

This book is a bifurcated journey through fifteen years of the architecture practice OODA, designed as a "dream state" inner dialogue between Some Kind of Romance and Any Kind of Existence: mirrored reflections of past and future projects that reflects the practices work and exploring path from Porto to the world. Read together, these two parts are less about buildings than about a way of being in the world, offering an open narrative where architecture is presented as if in a chronicle, a journal. In Albania, it traces a transformative engagement with urban regeneration and identity reconstruction in a context of rapid urban change. In Portugal, it explores continuity through both rehabilitation and new construction, treating time, heritage, and landscape as active materials. Together, these two dimensions reveal a practice shaped by persistence and risk, belonging and transformation, grounded in place yet open to reinvention.OODA is an international architecture and urban design practice with offices in Portugal and Albania. Founded in 2010 in Porto, the studio of over sixty architects works across architecture and urban strategy, delivering residential, hospitality, office, cultural, and civic projects, as well as large-scale urban design and master planning. Recognized in international competitions, OODA combines conceptual rigor, contextual sensitivity, and collaboration to create lasting, globally engaged designs.

This book is a bifurcated journey through fifteen years of the architecture practice OODA, designed as a "dream state" inner dialogue between Some Kind of Romance and Any Kind of Existence: mirrored reflections of past and future projects that reflects the practices work and exploring path from Porto to the world. Read together, these two parts are less about buildings than about a way of being in the world, offering an open narrative where architecture is presented as if in a chronicle, a journal. In Albania, it traces a transformative engagement with urban regeneration and identity reconstruction in a context of rapid urban change. In Portugal, it explores continuity through both rehabilitation and new construction, treating time, heritage, and landscape as active materials. Together, these two dimensions reveal a practice shaped by persistence and risk, belonging and transformation, grounded in place yet open to reinvention.OODA is an international architecture and urban design practice with offices in Portugal and Albania. Founded in 2010 in Porto, the studio of over sixty architects works across architecture and urban strategy, delivering residential, hospitality, office, cultural, and civic projects, as well as large-scale urban design and master planning. Recognized in international competitions, OODA combines conceptual rigor, contextual sensitivity, and collaboration to create lasting, globally engaged designs.

Partindo da comprovação de que as cidades sempre concentraram os maiores desafios de desenvolvimento da humanidade, Carlos Moreno demonstra que os grandes espaços urbanos são um vibrante laboratório

Beyond ready-made solutions design as a practice of critical questioning How can design education foster hope in times of crisis? Authored by Anab Jain, Nikolas Heep, and Stefan Zinell from the Department of Design Investigations at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, this reader introduces a groundbreaking approach to design pedagogy. At its core are speculative practices, world-building, material engagement, and storytelling, equipping students and practitioners to address urgent questions of our time from the climate crisis to technological acceleration. Rather than offering solutions, the book cultivates the essential ability to design questions. With contributions from internationally renowned authors such as Paola Antonelli, Fiona Raby, Vanessa de Oliveira Andreotti, Zoy Anastassakis, Nana Biamah-Ofosu, Lilli Hollein, and Rory Hyde, the volume opens up new perspectives on the role of design in a world in transformation. Highlights of the book Innovative reader from the Department of Design Investigations, University of Applied Arts Vienna Focus on speculative design, world-building, and storytelling A new approach: designing questions instead of predefined answers Interdisciplinary reflections on climate, technology, and society International contributions from leading voices in design, art, and theory An essential publication for students, educators, and researchers in design, as well as for all who seek new methods to respond to global challenges with creativity and hope.Led by award-winning designer and professor Anab Jain, Design Investigations at the University of Applied Arts Vienna fosters speculative, ecological and critical design education, supported by colleagues Nikolas Heep and Stefan Zinells interdisciplinary expertise.

Beyond ready-made solutions design as a practice of critical questioning How can design education foster hope in times of crisis? Authored by Anab Jain, Nikolas Heep, and Stefan Zinell from the Department of Design Investigations at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, this reader introduces a groundbreaking approach to design pedagogy. At its core are speculative practices, world-building, material engagement, and storytelling, equipping students and practitioners to address urgent questions of our time from the climate crisis to technological acceleration. Rather than offering solutions, the book cultivates the essential ability to design questions. With contributions from internationally renowned authors such as Paola Antonelli, Fiona Raby, Vanessa de Oliveira Andreotti, Zoy Anastassakis, Nana Biamah-Ofosu, Lilli Hollein, and Rory Hyde, the volume opens up new perspectives on the role of design in a world in transformation. Highlights of the book Innovative reader from the Department of Design Investigations, University of Applied Arts Vienna Focus on speculative design, world-building, and storytelling A new approach: designing questions instead of predefined answers Interdisciplinary reflections on climate, technology, and society International contributions from leading voices in design, art, and theory An essential publication for students, educators, and researchers in design, as well as for all who seek new methods to respond to global challenges with creativity and hope.Led by award-winning designer and professor Anab Jain, Design Investigations at the University of Applied Arts Vienna fosters speculative, ecological and critical design education, supported by colleagues Nikolas Heep and Stefan Zinells interdisciplinary expertise.

In Middle Quarter, architect John Tuomey continues the story of his life in architecture. The narrative moves from intimate laments on the loss of aging parents and artist friends to reflections on the poetical and practical aspects of an architects role in contemporary society.The focus shifts back and forth between personal episodes and recollected events, from the struggles of starting out in partnership with Sheila ODonnell to their successes and failures in the international arena of architectural design.Written in clear and compact prose, including conceptual sketches and selected photographs, the book discloses sources of inspiration and ideas behind ODonnell + Tuomeys distinctive and dramatic designs, including the Glucksman Gallery Cork, the Lyric Theatre Belfast and public buildings in London and Budapest.Middle Quarter, a mid-career memoir, is a companion volume to First Quarter, the place-based trajectory of Tuomeys first twenty-five years, published by Lilliput Press in 2023.