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João Vilanova Artigas (Curitiba 1915−São Paulo 1985), arquitecto brasileño maestro de la llamada ’Escuela de São Paulo’, adoptó el hormigón armado como lenguaje plástico y constructivo a partir de fi

Nuevo número de la revista internacional el croquis dedicado a la arquitectura reciente de David Chipperfield. Incluye obras como: La ciudad de Justicia de Barcelona, Hotel Empire Riverside, Galería de Arte Am Kupfergraben 10, Edificio de Laboratorios Basilea,

Between 1933 and 1934 the visionary architect, designer, engineer and philosopher Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983) built three models for his Dymaxion Car; an automobile that was considered the most efficient of its time due to its meticulous design, based on the laws of aerodynamics. This book relates the history of the first three models for the Dymaxion Car, as well as the production process of Dymaxion #4, a new prototype built true to the original. This new prototype was produced by the architect Norman Foster and launched on the street in 2010. Spanish/English

Coincidiendo con la época de mayor efervescencia del accionismo vienés de finales de la década de 1960 y principios de la de 1970, los inicios deCoop Himmelb[l]auestán vinculados a una serie de acciones que reflejan la esencia del pensamiento arquitectonico de este despacho vienes: relacionar la arquitectura con formas de operar ajenas a la disciplina y vinculadas al mundo del arte y de la musica. Este discurso conceptual, impregnado de anhelos artisticos, se tradujo a unas obras arquitectonicas que pretendian ir mas alla de los conceptos establecidos en la disciplina y huir de los modos de percepcion definidos por la costumbre -como, por ejemplo, la perspectiva central- para fomentar una percepcion fragmentada mas acorde con lo que ellos entendian que era la sociedad contemporanea.Himmelblau no es ningun colorpresenta por primera vez en castellano una seleccion de textos escritos por Wolf D. Prix en el contexto de su trabajodesarrollado en el despacho Coop Himmelb[l]au entre 1968 y 2005. La seleccion, realizada por Thomas Kramer, se ha basado en la edicion alemana de los textos completos y recoge escritos programaticos, aforismos, entrevistas, conferencias y otros textos relacionados con proyectos propios o sobre colegas de la disciplina.El conjunto nos ofrece una perspectiva de los aspectos teoricos y artisticos que han marcado el trabajo arquitectonico del equipo vienes, y no solo permite entender cuales son lasbases conceptualesde su obra, sino tambien poner de relieve algunas de laspreocupacionesque han marcado la trayectoria de Coop Himmelb[l]au, como la importancia del espacio publico en la ciudad o la dificil relacion de la arquitectura con el poder economico. Los textos, en definitiva, reflejan una voluntad no acomodaticia respecto a la estetica y una vision tremendamente critica respecto a la ciudad y las condiciones de produccion contemporaneas vinculadas al mero rendimiento economico.

This exhibition, which was held at Ivorypress Art+Books in September 2009, featured 200 drawings by Norman Foster. This catalogue includes the exhibited drawings as well as texts of a series of paneled discussions which were mediated by Lus Fern¡ndez Galiano, with contributions from Norman Foster, Richard Long, Deyan Sudjic, Not Vital, Ricky Burdett, Jordi Gual, Saskia Sassen, Stefan Behling and Herbert Girardet. This catalogue is the first in a series devoted to architecture relating to art, sustainability and economy.

Mies van der Rohe va donar una lliçó exemplar de modernitat i estil amb el seu Pavelló Alemany, construït per a l''Exposició Internacional de Barcelona de 1929. L''arquitecte va destil·lar el seu con

Hannes Meyer, arquitecto-urbanista-profesor, destacado en su día por sus proyectos para los concursos de la Petersschule y la sede de la Sociedad de las Naciones y por haber sido director de la Bauhaus de Dessau de 1928 a 1930, recorrio una trayectoria profesional y vital, de fases y etapas nitidamente diferenciadas, marcada por el rechazo por la arquitectura arte y la busqueda de una arquitectura cooperativa, racionalista-cientifica, de no autor, socialmente y politicamente comprometida. Un compromiso y una busqueda que le llevaron a cambiar de lugar y paises al hilo de las agitadas decadas de entreguerras, postguerra y revoluciones que marcaron la primera mitad del siglo XX.Los elementos progresistas de Suiza, la Alemania de la Republica de Weimar, la URSS estalinista, la neutral suiza, el Mexico post revolucionario del presidente Cardenas, la dificil Europa de postguerra y de nuevo la neutral Suiza fueron los escenarios en que busco y se esforzo en concebir y defender una arquitectura nacida desde la razon funcional-constructiva, cooperativa, veraz, comprometida con su tiempo y sus circunstancias. El azar probablemente jugo un papel, como en todo, pero fueron sus convicciones teoricas, su conviccion funcional racionalista y la solidez de su compromiso social y politico los que impregnaron continuidad en los aparentes quiebros de esa trayectoria discontinua.Meyer dejo escritos, proyectos y algunas obras terminadas. En ellos y en un apretado nucleo de testimonios y compilaciones estan las principales claves objetivas que permiten entender. A partir de ellas -de sus proyectos, escritos y comentarios- el libro documenta y expone frente al lector -con distanciamiento objetivo, sin especular o teorizar sobre pensamientos o intenciones- la narrativa de su quehacer, la trayectoria profesional y vital del Meyer que dedico sus empeños a concebir y defender un modo de hacer y un ideario politico de clases.

Mies van der Rohe va donar una lliçó exemplar de modernitat i estil amb el seu Pavelló Alemany, construït per a l''Exposició Internacional de Barcelona de 1929. L''arquitecte va destil·lar el seu con

Abarcando cuatro décadas, la publicación constituye una recopilación de las más importantes ideas de Foster sobre arquitectura, urbanismo, diseño y tecnología e incluye además descripciones detalladas del desarrollo de algunos de los proyectos más influyentes de Foster + Partners. Norman Foster- Talking and Writing presenta una selección de ponencias y ensayos publicadas junto con las diapositivas originales utilizadas en cada una de sus presentaciones entre los años 60 y principios de los 2000, en lo que sin duda será un punto de referencia para estudiantes, profesionales y amantes de la arquitectura en los próximos años.

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Adolf Loos held that a building should have a soberly discreet exterior, reserving all its riches for its interior. Given that, any real appreciation of the spatial complexity of the work of one of the most misunderstood architects of the twentieth century requires engagement with his interiors, which this book does, brilliantly.In marked contrast to his contemporaries in the Vienna Secession, who designed their spaces down to the smallest detail, Loos presented himself as a "professor of interior design," perfectly willing to adapt to the habits and tastes of his clients, inviting them to embrace their own tastelessness rather than defer to the discernment of an "aesthete" architect. Together with the future occupant, he designed welcoming interiors whose warmth came from the effective use of quality materials and the creation of a flowing continuity articulated by the furnishings. What Loos created thereby was not merely architecture, but a new culture of living.

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Seis textos críticos Six Critical Texts Richard Weston La búsqueda paciente de Jørn Utzon The Patient Search of Jørn Utzon Marja-Riitta Norri El sentido de la escala en las casas patio The Sense

The first monograph on Snarkitecture, a New York-based collaborative and innovative design studio with an introduction by Maria Cristina DideroFast becoming one of the world''s most sought-after studios, Snarkitecture has designed installations, architecture, products, and furniture for a diverse range of clients including COS, Kith, Calvin Klein, the New Museum, Kartell, and Beats by Dr. Dre. This book presents more than 70 of their projects and investigates how its founders, artist Daniel Arsham and architect Alex Mustonen, work at the interface between their disciplines to come up with some of the most beguiling and fascinating designs seen in recent years.

Adolf Loos sostenía que un edificio debe tener un exterior sobriamente discreto y reservar todas sus riquezas para el interior. Por ello, una apreciación real de la complejidad de su trabajo requiere un riguroso análisis de su trabajo de interiorismo.

This volume addresses for the first time the forgotten contexts of the Barcelona Pavilions genesis. Habitually thought of as an abstract and isolated building, it is revealed here as a thoroughly European work, perhaps less pristine but more authentic.The expert contributors to this volume, devoted entirely to Mies van der Rohes Barcelona Pavilion of 1929, address here for the first time the forgotten contexts of the Pavilions genesis. Habitually thought of as an abstract, unpolluted and splendidly isolated building, a precursor of Miess American period, the Pavilion is revealed here as a thoroughly European work, perhaps less pristine but more authentic.Crucial to this analysis is an understanding of the immediate context, the Barcelona International Exposition. Planned as a mass spectacle in the city with the most convulsive working class in Spain, the Exposition was a propaganda exercise by the Primo de Rivera dictatorship in which the German Republic was the guest of honor. For the first time since the Great War, Germany was taking part in an international event, and needed to present itself as a thoroughly reconstructed state. Mies and Lilly Reich were commissioned to design not only the Pavilion but also a total of over one hundred thousand square feet of German stands spread throughout the Exposition, whose detailed analysis invites a far-reaching reinterpretation of the whole.More familiar but equally central is the question of the Pavilions connections with the mass media: the circumstances of its scant presence in the architectural journals and trade press, its a posteriori importance as a manifesto, and Miess relationship with the avant-garde cinema of the moment.From an approach closer to the history of architecture, the study of the national pavilions and commercial stands sheds light on the Barcelona Pavilions antecedents. The interpretation of the Miesian grid in the light of the botany books in his library gives fresh insight into Miess intellectual interests, and together with a brilliant disquisition on the idea of the classical in architecture completes this reappraisal of the Pavilion itself and of the construction culture which made it possible.Finally, thirty years on from the reconstruction of the Barcelona Pavilion, these timely and pertinent philosophical reflections on original and copy provide new tools with which to engage the architectural heritage and the actual building in Barcelona.

Richard Rogers is one of the worlds most distinguished architects, as well as a powerful and effective advocate for the role of architecture and urban design in improving everyday lives. Famous for his inside out architectural style, Rogers' unique approach to architectural design has generated such landmarks as the Pompidou Centre in Paris and the Lloyds building in London. This volume, accompanying the exhibition Richard Rogers RA: Inside Out, at the Royal Academy of Arts, explores the origins of and influences on Rogerss thinking, and explains how his wide-ranging interests inform his design process. Featuring contributions from major figures from the worlds of politics, fine art, social policy, architecture and urban design, as well as an exclusive interview with Richard Rogers by the exhibitions curator Jeremy Melvin, this book shows why his work continues to be fresh, challenging and inventive and how breaking new ground in architecture impacts on wider social and cultural fields.

A new edition of the acclaimed monograph on the legendary designer, published to coincide with the centenary of his birth. The life and work of Ettore Sottsass is more relevant than ever, with exhibitions around the world and renewed collector interest in the Memphis movement. Now available in a new format, this book, packed with beautiful images taken from the extensive Sottsass archives and including drawings and sketches from the designer's countless sketchbooks, explores his entire career from the 1940s to the 2000s, covering everything from his architectural projects and product design to his jewellery, sculpture, and graphics.