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NUEVA EDICIÓN EN RÚSTICALa 15ª edición totalmente renovada y ampliada de este manual reconocido mundialmente puede considerarse como una nueva edición. Por un lado, se ha conservado el magnífico planteamiento del original y, por otro, se ha actualizado su contenido con el fin de dar respuesta a las nuevas expectativas que han surgido en el mundo de la construccion. A pesar de que muchas de sus paginas han sido reelaboradas y redibujadas, el libro conserva su formato original.Arte de proyectar en arquitecturareune de forma sistematica los fundamentos, normas y prescripciones sobre recintos, edificios, exigencias de programa y relaciones espaciales, dimensiones de edificios, locales, estancias, instalaciones y utensilios con el ser humano como medida y objetivo. Ademas, en esta edicion se han revisado algunos capitulos y se han añadido otros: instalaciones deportivas acuaticas, cubiertas, hoteles, evacuacion de incendios, muebles y utensilios de cocina, establecimientos de comida rapida, fachadas de madera, normativas de ahorro energetico, ascensores, arquitectura solar, rehabilitacion y reutilizacion de edificios, etc.Por todo ello, ademas de completar los contenidos respecto a las anteriores ediciones, esta nueva version es fiel a la obra de Ernst Neufert y continua siendo una referencia bibliografica de reconocido valor universal y un manual indispensable para arquitectos, arquitectos tecnicos, ingenieros, constructores, profesores y estudiantes. Desde su primera edicion alemana en el año 1936, se han realizado 37 nuevas ediciones en aleman y 15 en castellano, se ha publicado en 18 idiomas diferentes y se han vendido mas de un millon de ejemplares en conjunto.

Buenos Aires y sus alrededores son el contexto de la obra construida del estudio de arquitectos argentinos Adamo Faiden. Aunque la realidad de este lugar pareciera ser la clave principal para entender su trabajo gran densidad urbana, cielos amplios, enormes extensiones horizontales y un paisaje marcado por la presencia del agua una mirada mas detenida revela la persistencia de otras preocupaciones que, desde la propia disciplina, van orientando las exploraciones formales y constructivas de estos arquitectos. El interes por establecer series de espacios indeterminados y relativamente equivalentes, en esquemas de relaciones abiertas, es una de las variables que organiza sus proyectos de vivienda colectiva. Al mismo tiempo, la recuperacion de tecnicas constructivas desprestigiadas o caidas en desuso como estrategia material y de optimizacion de recursos recorre el conjunto de proyectos que presenta este volumen.

Cinco proyectos de pequeña y mediana escala sirven a Irarrázaval para testear hasta qué punto la cualidad interior de un espacio tiene vínculos relevantes con la estructura que lo sustenta. A partir de la utilización de la envolvente continua de contenedores navieros para una exposición donde estas pequeñas cámaras oscuras conforman volúmenes de mayor presencia, apilándosese despliega un trabajo donde principalmente vigas, pilares, muros portantes y losas determinan la atmósfera interna del edificio. Un montaje para una exposición, tres viviendas unifamiliares y un hotel denotan la libertad con la que Irarrázaval es capaz de articular estos elementos y desarrollar un vínculo entre programas diversos, validando su exploración arquitectónica. La densidad de los elementos estructurales, los diferentes niveles de transparencia asociados y la distribución de pesos y cargas se asocian en estos ejemplos a la relación orientada con el paisaje, a la producción de sombras cambiantes a lo largo del día, a un espacio continuo que puede dar lugar a situaciones diversas o a la organización por estratos de un programa disperso.

A principal of the London-based architecture firm Caruso St. John, "Gritty Brit" Adam Caruso has been writing intensively since the mid-1990s. His essays, published in The Architect''s Journal, OASE, Blueprint and Tate, focus on architectural practice outside the tradition of Modernism. Some of Caruso''s key writings, gathered here, include "Sigurd Lewerentz and a Material Basis for Form" (1997) , "The Tyranny of the New" (1998) and "The Emotional City" (2000). Adam Caruso was born in 1962 and studied architecture at McGill University, Montreal. He and Peter St. John worked for Florian Beigel and Arup Associates prior to establishing their practice in 1990. For many years they have taught internationally--for example at Harvard University''s Graduate School of Design in 2005. Recent London projects include Gagosian Gallery, Britannia Street and the refurbishment of the Barbican Concert Hall. Caruso St. John is currently working with Tate Britain to modernize the gallery''s master plan

A spectacular visual biography of one of the greatest architects of the 20th century. By Phaidon Editors, introductory essay by Jean-Louis Cohen A spectacular visual biography of the life and work of Le Corbusier (18871965), one of Modernism''s most influential architects, urban planners, and theorists Approximately 2,000 images and documents, many previously unpublished, feature his major built works, urban plans, paintings, publications, and furniture as well as sketches, archival photographs, and personal correspondence Rarely seen photographs and correspondence shed new light on Le Corbusiers relationships with Josephine Baker, Eileen Gray, Fernand Leger, Pablo Picasso, Jean Prouve, and many others Insightful introductory essay by Frances most authoritative architectural historian and critic, Jean-Louis Cohen, and incisive chapter introductions by highly regarded Le Corbusier scholar Tim Benton The same grandly oversized format as Warhol "Giant Size" Le Corbusier (1887-1965) is one of the giants of twentieth-century architecture and design. Born Charles Edouard Jeanneret in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, the self-named Le Corbusier was not only the creator of some of the most important and impressive buildings of the last century--Villa Savoye at Poissy, the Chapel of Notre Dame du Haut at Ronchamp, the Parliament Building in Chandigarh, India--he was also an accomplished painter, sculptor, furniture designer, urbanist, and author. His work and social theories continue to be a dominant force in the world of architecture and design, while his elegant bearing, typified by his round black eyeglasses, which are still today a signature look for architects around the world, helped cast him as an heroic figure out of Ayn Rand''s novel The Fountainhead. Drawing on an array of archival material, including sketches, photographs, and correspondences, Le Corbusier Le Grand depicts in roughly chronological order not only the vast and varied output of Le Corbusier, but also the major events, people, and forces that shaped the life of an artist who continues to fascinate those in and outside the architectural world.

Louis I Kahn (190174) is one of the most influential architects of the mid-20th century, whose work marked a significant move away from International Modernism towards a monumental and expressive style Now available in paperback, this in-depth and scholarly monograph provides the definitive account of the life and works of Louis I Kahn Includes major buildings such as the Kimbell Art Museum, the Yale Art Gallery and the Salk Institute, as well as the National Assembly Building, Dhaka, Bangladesh Fully illustrated with photographs that convey the spirit and spatial qualities of Kahns buildings, as well as concept development portfolios with drawings and plans that reveal the inspiration and development behind each project Contains a new comprehensive list of projects compiled by William Whitaker of the Louis I Kahn Collection at the University of Pennsylvania Archives, listing over 231 projects, at least 30 previously unattributed

"La monografía más exhaustiva de la obra reciente de Álvaro Siza (1933), uno de los arquitectos en activo más importantes e influyentes de la actualidad Siza se ha ganado el prestigio internacional gracias a sus edificios modernos profundamente arraigados"

El arquitecto y la Turning Torso de Malmö.

A comprehensive survey of the work of one of the most important Japanese architects working today.Edited by Arata Isozaki and Ken Tadashi Oshima Arata Isozakis (b.1931) work blends an Eastern architectural style with emerging global trends, and his theories have been important in bringing Western architecture to Japan This book presents the most comprehensive selection available of his built and unbuilt projects from the beginning of his career to the present day, and is extensively illustrated with drawings, silkscreens, sketches and models from the Isozaki Office Archive Each chapter features introductory essays by Ken Tadashi Oshima and theoretical texts by Isozaki, most of them published here for the first time Arata Isozaki is one of the most important and influential Japanese architects working today. Born in Oita, Japan, in 1931, he attended Tokyo University and later worked and studied under Kenzo Tange. In 1963, he opened his own practice and since then has realized a large number of buildings in Japan, Europe and the United States.Through his work, both as an architect and as a theorist, Isozaki has acted as a bridge between the East and the West, exporting Japanese architecture into the Western world and importing outside trends and movements into Japan. Arata Isozaki has conceived this book in collaboration with Ken Tadashi Oshima. It presents a unique, monographic tour through his architecture from the first visionary urban projects of the 1960s to his latest buildings, realized all over the world. The projects featured in the book have been carefully selected from Isozaki''s vast portfolio. They are not presented in chronological order but are grouped in chapters titled and arranged in accordance with Isozaki''s instructive categorizations of his own work. Each of the six chapters contains conceptual texts by Isozaki (many previously untranslated or unpublished); critical analysis by Oshima; a main case study project (extensively illustrated and explored); and a survey of related projects. Emulating one of Isozaki''s central tenets that ''the city, architecture, and various social systems are nothing more than processes'', there is an emphasis on process throughout the book - from conception, through construction, to use. We are introduced to projects through drawings

Varias razones nos han llevado a la publicación completa de las casas unifamiliares de Mies van der Rohe. En primer lugar, la ausencia de ediciones exhaustivas sobre la obra doméstica de Mies van der Rohe; la más completa que puede encontrarse fue publicada en alemán en 1981: Tegethoff, Wolf, Mies van der Rohe: Die Villen und Landhausprojekte, R. Bacht, Essen, 1981. A pesar de su rigor, omitía la obra europea temprana y parte de los proyectos americanos no construidos, centrándose en lo que podríamos llamar la etapa clásica del autor. La repercusión de este libro fue enorme y abrió nuevas perspectivas al estudio de Mies, arrojando luz sobre obras casi inéditas hasta entonces. En su etapa americana, cuando su labor empezaba a valorarse en toda su dimensión y era objeto de exposiciones y publicaciones, Mies van der Rohe ocultó conscientemente sus primeras obras, y muy pocas de ellas se recogieron en sus primeras monografías. La destrucción de los documentos almacenados en su estudio berlinés de la calle Am Karlsbad a mediados de la década de 1920 contribuyó, sin duda, a la imagen que el propio Mies quiso dar de sí mismo.

Con un lenguaje equilibrado y, a la vez, llamativo, Central se ha convertido en un referenteurbano, seduciendo a quienes buscan esa peculiar fusión de lujo, discreción y materialesnovedosos, asociados a una formula empresarial que abarca desde el programa hastael diseño y la venta.El libro, de factura tan sobria como contemporanea, reune diez de sus proyectos: ochoedificios de departamentos (en la ciudad de Mexico) y dos hoteles (en el Caribe), loscuales se insertan, con frescura y elegancia, tanto en el caos metropolitano como enlas playas caribeñas, reflejando esa estetica que Fernanda Canales denomina Oel espaciooptimista".OResumiendo en dificil equilibrio diseño y costos, seguridad y libertad, lemas ecologicosy materiales seductores, la obra de Central de Arquitectura funge como simbolo de unaepoca", donde la ausencia de un discurso especifico se refugia en la ligereza de una imagen que busca brillar mas alla de su consistencia.

La Experiencia de la Escuela de Arquitectura de la Universidad Católica de Valparaíso es probablemente uno de los intentos más radicales por establecer un lenguaje y una manera propias para la práctica de la arquitectura en el continente sudamericano. La expresión de esa búsqueda tiene a lo menos dos manifestaciones evidentes: la realización períodica de travesías por el territorio americano y la fundación de Ciudad Abierta, un campo de experimentación permanente que relaciona modos de vida, paisaje, materia y construcción. Formada en ese contexto, Cazú Zegers ha producido un conjunto de obras que intentan una continuidad con la línea propuesta por la Escuela de Valparaíso. La incorporación de materiales ligeros y sistemas constructivos elementales, cierta condición temporal de las estructuras, la valorización del oficio del carpintero y una voluntad de fundar una manera particular de ocupar el territorio caracterizan este conjunto de proyectos, construidos entre 1992 y 2006. Entre ellos, las obras levantadas en Kawelluco, entre un volcán y el lago Villarica en el sur de Chile, parecen definitivamente alineadas con la imagen propuesta por Amereida: una arquitectura nueva para el espacio americano.

It has been said that the Sendai Mediatheque (2000), with its revolutionary approach to engineering, marks a turning point not only in Toyo Ito''s architecture but in contemporary architecture in general. Before Sendai, Ito''s work emphasized structural lightness and transparency, and what he saw as the ever-changing ''non-context'' of Japanese cities. But though Ito''s designs still show these early influences, after the Sendai Mediatheque he began to leave behind what he increasingly saw as the boring and inappropriate boxes favoured by modernism, and move toward a light, sensuous and often organic architecture that engages with the cities around it and the people who inhabit it.These ideas are exemplified in this unique volume, where Toyo Ito presents a selection of his projects, all extensively illustrated with photos, diagrams, drawings, and computer realizations. Each of the book''s projects and thematic sections is introduced with a short essay by Ito. The distinguished Japanese architect Riken Yamamoto has provided an introduction to the book, while the well-known critics Dana Buntrock (USA) and Taro Igarashi (Japan) have contributed essays that provide valuable perspective on Ito''s complex works.

Dimitris Pikionis nace en EL Pireo en 1887 y muere en Atenas en 1968. Su trayectoria se caracteriza por una obra exigua e intensa, basada en el pensamiento poético que tiene como telón de fondo la cultura mediterranea y su intrahistoria, que se relaciona con Extremo Oriente.

Renzo Piano is an architect whose work seems increasingly relevant to our times. Winner of the Pritzker Prize in 1998, Piano is certainly one of the most interesting and acclaimed contemporary architects. Since his first building, the Centre Pompidou in Paris produced in collaboration with architect Sir Richard Rogers, he has realised a great number of attractive buildings all over the world, always creating new languages that combine a deep concern of the topography of the site, a clear comprehension of the brief and an amazing interest in the experimentation of new technologies. In Volume Five, Peter Buchanan shows, as he has in the previous four volumes, that Piano follows no fashions of form or theory, nor is he limited to a personal idiom. Instead he concerns himself with the specifics and potential of a particular situation and moment, meeting the challenges of the programme, often pushing technology beyond its present limits, and always responding sensitively to the urban fabric of the building's site. The first four volumes of the Complete Works have traced Piano's career from his early collaborations with Rogers and Peter Rice, and the formation of the Building Workshop in 1981, to the completion of Kansai Airport in 1995. This fifth volume will include Piano's latest buildings, which illustrate the continuing complexity of his work. Chief amongst these are the Nasher Collection in Dallas, the Woodruff Arts Centre Expansion in Atlanta, USA, Maison Hermes in Tokyo, Japan, and the Aurora Place Office and Apartment Towers in Sydney, Australia. As before, the book will also include 'work in progress', to demonstrate the full diversity of the Building Workshop's activities. This includes the London Bridge Tower, UK.