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This is a critical biography of one of the 20th century''s greatest architects. At the time of his death in 1926, Antoni Gaudi was arguably the most famous architect in the world. He had created some of the greatest and most controversial masterpieces of modern architecture, that were as exotic as they were outrageous. A precurser to the other great Catalan artists such as Picasso, Dali and Bunuel, Gaudi created dramatically original and daring art that was to surpass and reinvent all that had gone before. Gijs van Hensbergen''s book aims to capture both the power and importance of Gaudi''s work and the unique spirit of Catalan culture. In life and in death, Gaudi lived by extravagant gestures and a creativity that bordered on madness. Even his legendary death under a tram as he stepped back to admire his cathedral in Barcelona has the hint of absurdity and poetry. Today, Gaudi has become an icon of artistic integrity and genius, for religious piety and for unstinting love for his homeland, Catalonia.

Dibuixos realitzats amb plumilla i aquarel·la de les obres arquitectòniques d?Antoni Gaudí. Una edició meticulosa en la qual el tractament de cada imatge, càlid i delicat, no defuig el rigor tècnic.D

La historia de guillermo Julián está fuertemente marcada por su experiencia cono jefe de atelier de Le Corbusier, entre 1958 y 1965, pautada entre el desarrollo del proyecto preliminar para el Museo del Conocimiento de Chandigarh y el proyecto para el hospital de Venecia. Incidentalmente su participacion en ambos proyectos parace haber sido decisiva. Sin duda, esta fue para el una experiencia central. Mas aun, considerando su edad de ingreso al atelier apenas cumplidos los 27 años. En este libro ARQ ha querido editar su obra esparcida por diversos lugares del mundo y cuyo estudio nace, segun palabras del propio autor "... de mi admiracion frente a la obra y la actitud del arquitecto..." En su obra Julian integra el rigor compositivo, evidenciado en pinturas y proyectos, con una guda comprension de las vivencias, actos y gestos de los habitantes.

El gran arquitecte tarragoní Josep M. Jujol i Gibert (1879-1949) va ser el més destacat dels col·laboradors de Gaudí. La seva producció artística -que abasta múltiples camps i suports- és imaginativa, inclassificable, sempre a la recerca de l''originalitat. De les obres que Jujol va fer al Camp de Tarragona, ressalta especialment la reforma que dugue a terme a l''ermita del Roser de la poblacio de Vallmoll (Alt Camp) entre els anys 1925 i 1927. Alabada extraordinariament pels mes importants estudiosos de l''obra jujoliana, passa encara molt desapercebuda pels profans. El llibre Jujol a Vallmoll es un estudi rigoros i al mateix temps ame i divulgatiu, altament il·lustrat, d''aquesta interessantissima intervencio decorativa. Escrit per Josep M. Vall amb l''assessorament de la historiadora de l''art Conxa Peig, i fotografies de Jordi Vidal, es preten fer coneixer al gran public una obra excepcional del patrimoni artistic catala. Tambe s''inclou una planimetria de l''edifici elaborada per l''arquitecte Josep Batalla. L''actuacio de Jujol a Vallmoll es una mostra sorprenent i magnifica de tota la força del seu geni creatiu. Per afavorir-ne la difusio, l''edicio catalana s''acompanya de la corresponent traduccio en espanyol i angles.

José Luis Sert (1902–1983), architect and town planner, friend and collaborator of Le Corbusier, member of CIAM, and founder of the Grupo Este of the GATEPAC in Barcelona, took the Spanish architectu

Este volumen combina la investigación académica de estándares más exigentes con el placer gráfico de un libro de arte. La trayectoria artística, intelectual y personal de Rulfo se revela aquí libre de estereotipos: sus fotografias, su vocacion de lector, su pasion por la historia de Mexico, su labor como editor, su profundo conocimiento del mundo indigena. El libro incluye el arbol genealogico del escritor, correspondencia, documentos y fotografias familiares, ademas de dos entrevistas ineditas; materiales todos que iluminan aspectos hasta hoy ignorados o desconocidos de su trayectoria. Una biografia que renuncia a la interminable lista de imprecisiones y leyendas forjadas en torno a Rulfo, con las que muchos intentan dar forma a sus propias perplejidades.

Throughout the built world of late, museums have been leading the way in architecture--a far cry from the days of antiseptic white cubes, when museums were afraid that signature design might compete with the art on display. Some of the most interesting international architects working today, people like Zaha Hadid, Daniel Liebeskind, Renzo Piano, and Tadao Andao, are creating buildings intended to house art--and to function as works of art themselves. One of the most radical and highly anticipated of these structures is Zaha Hadid's Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) for the city of Cincinnati, set to open its doors in 2003. The CAC will be one of the first museums anywhere in the world designed by a woman, as well as Hadid's first museum and first building in the United States. A $15 million project with 20,000 square feet of galleries set on a smallish, 11,000-square-foot lot in the downtown area, it shows that the institution that stood by the Mapplethorpe show has extended its risk-taking attitude and its integrity to the building that will accommodate its future shows. The seven stories of galleries--each constructed in a variety of heights and floor materials--are housed in horizontal tubes and cantilevered toward the street. An "urban carpet" begins at street level and zigzags up the building's supporting wall, providing visual and physical access to each of the galleries in a continuous flow--but without the awkwardness of the tilted ramp that spirals through Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim Museum in New York. The exterior of the building weaves together the concrete shell and metal cladding of the galleries, the glass windows of the offices, and various electronic displays like ahigh-tech quilt--and a perfect expression of the various activities so well-contained within. Space for Art will include broad documentation of all stages of the architectural process, expressed in paintings, drawings, and models; short texts; and photographs of the finished building by Helene Binet.

Electa presents the complete edition of the work of Dominique Perrault, who achieved worldwide acclaim with the construction of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France (1997). Born in 1953, Perrault won a series of international awards, including the Grand Prix National dArchitecture (1993) and the prize of the Mies van der Rohe Foundation and the European Parliament (1997). His design career features, besides the French National Library, works of international importance, such as the Berlin velodrome and Olympic swimming-pool (19929), where he masterfully succeeded in blending the architectural structures with the surrounding natural environment. In the field of town-planning Perrault has conceived designs for Nantes, Bordeaux, Berlin and Caen; he also designs furniture and researches new building materials. Major current projects by Perrault are under way for the extension of the Court of Justice of the European Community (Luxemburg) and the multi-media library of Venissieux. The lavish illustrations and the concise critical essay by Laurent Stalder make this book an invaluable tool for understanding the work of one of the leading figures of contemporary architecture.

Un gran libro en pequeño formato. 11 proyectos presentados con fotografías, planos, secciones, memorias descriptivas.Todas las obras con su plano de ubicación, y datos técnicos y referenciales. Incluye una cronologia de obras desde 1852 a 1926.De la misma coleccion:Alvaro Siza, Mies van der Rohe, Alvar Aalto, Legorreta+Legorreta, Otto Wagner, Michelangelo Buonarroti, Jean Nouvel, Foster and Partners, Rem Koolhaas, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Renzo Piano, Antonio SantElia, Charles Garnier, Gustave Alexandre Eiffel, Victor Horta, Andrea Palladio, Mario Botta, Eduardo Souto de Moura, Le Corbusier, Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Friedensreich Hundertwasser.