Forma y ciudad

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 ...

Like no other international metropolis, New York succeeds in following the latest architectural and design trends and still maintains her unmistakable face. This second edition and guide New York introduces up-to-the-minute, finished projects and buildings still under construction in and around Manhattan and features the Big Apple's most popular restaurants, shops and hotels. The guide includes addresses, a map and comprehensive index. Book jacket.

Este libro recoge el estudio de uno de los ejemplos más sobresalientes de la Arquitectura del Movimiento Moderno de Asturias: el conjunto histórico industrial de la Central de Soto de Ribera y los conjuntos residenciales de Soto del Rey y de Ribera de Arriba, cuyos trabajos constructivos se iniciaron en 1959, bajo la promoción de las sociedades de Electra de Viesgo, S.A. e Hidroeléctrica del Cantábrico, S.A.\r\nEntre los valores más singulares del conjunto resultan especialmente destacables las intervenciones realizadas por el arquitecto Álvarez Castelao, en el diseño y planificación ...

Documents architecture and public space patrimony in Querétaro, Mexico at various intervals from 1531-1981.