ANTIARQUITECTURA Y DECONSTRUCCION

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200 colour photos and plans ”One of a series of authoritative pocket guides introduced only last fall, the Paris and : guide provides tourists and professionals alike with an overview of new and notable architecture and interior design in "the city of light." More than sixty buildings-governmental and residential, commercial and religious-by renowned architects such as Mario Botta, Jean Nouvel, Renzo Piano, Tadao Ando and I. M. Pei to name a few, are profiled and accompanied by color photographs. Easy to use and attractively designed with flexi covers, these CD-sized gems will be a...

Las catedrales góticas, asombrosas hazañas de la construcción y la ingeniería procedentes de un periodo anterior a las estructuras de acero y a las máquinas industriales, siguen resultando, cientos de años después de su construcción, impresionantes por su escala y grandeza. Centrado en la época dorada de la construcción de estos símbolos históricos de la fe cristiana, Cómo construir una catedral examina uno a uno cada elemento de la estructura, desde la planta hasta la culminación de la aguja, y explica el proceso de construcción medieval en detalle. Escrito por uno de los más ...

In the immediate postwar years, a new type of modern architecture emerges. Beatriz Colomina presents domesticity as a potent new weapon in a changed architectural battlefield. This architecture becomes the property of the middle-class consumer bombarded with images of domestic bliss, a lifestyle campaign launched through recycled military techniques. The significance of architects like Charles and Ray Eames lies in their sensitivity to buildings and images both defining space. Colomina is Director of Princeton University's Architecture PhD program and acclaimed author of Privacy and Publicity ...