Berlin Modernism

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 ...

Hemos consumido los 10 primeros años del S XXI sin avances sustanciales en los problemas fundamentales que plantea la globalización y un medio ambiente necesariamente compartido. Las notas que Fernando Diez publicó en la página de Opinión del diario La Nación entre los años 2001 y 2011, ahora reunidas en este libro, mantienen la actualidad de temas que, a pesar de su urgencia, no han comenzado a resolverse, en algunos casos, nisiquiera a discutirse. Medio ambiente y sociendad aparecen unvidos en las decisiones que pronto deberán afrontarse, tanto en la escala doméstica como en la del ...

The present edition graphically documents the design, construction and installationof the mega main public library Biblioteca de México "José Vasconcelos" locatedin Mexico City. In 2001 a transformation project of the Biblioteca de México proposal had three main actions: the restoration of the La Ciudadela building, the construction of a more modern and larger building and the establishment of an interchange network between the public libraries in México, where the new library was to be the central node of a national network. The new library that includes surrounding botanical garden was...

M. Zarate EL LUGAR URBANO COMO ESTRATEGIA DE CONOCIMIENTO PROYECTUAL EN URBANISMO.A. Magnaghi SCENARI STRATEGICI E PROGETTO LOCALE: VERSO LA BIOREGIONE URBANA. M. Carta PATRIMONIO TERRITORIALE, DESCRIZIONE STRUTTURALE, STATUTI DEL TERRITORIO, SCENARI DI TRASFORMAZIONE E PROGETTI INTEGRATI. CINQUE PUNTI CHIAVE PER UN APPROCCIO TERRITORIALISTA AL PROGETTO E AL GOVERNO DEI NUOVI PAESAGGI Territorial Heritage, Structural Description, Statutes of the Territory, Strategic Scenarios and Integrated Project. Five Key Points for an Innovative Approach to the Project and the Government of New...