Introducción a la historia de la arquitectura

Existe una intensa relación entre el lugar y la persona. No siempre lo sabemos ni siempre es evidente, pero existe. Esto es particularmente así cuando nos aproximamos al lugar de la indagación espiritual. El concepto de monasterio interior hace referencia a una serie de espacios y de prácticas que van mucho más allá de una idea monosémica y que insinúan, por el contrario, un universo rico en ecos, connotaciones y significados. Un universo que bascula entre el lugar y la persona. En tradiciones y épocas muy distintas, hombres y mujeres han buscado con frecuencia lugares donde...

Ask Americans to think of a famous architect and the person they are most likely to name is Frank Lloyd Wright. Wright's work, his reputation, and his long and colorful career have made him an icon of modern American architecture. But despite his status as America's most celebrated architect, his influence throughout an active practice spanning the years 1896 to 1959 is so wide and complex that it has been difficult to grasp fully. The essays in this book look not at the United States, the context usually associated with Wright, but at countries around the globe. Anthony Alofsin has assembled ...

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 ...