Rascacielos

The private single family house is still very much the preferred choice of home. Yet in recent years there have been many changes not only in the personal situations of the residents, their expectations and desires, but also in the rising costs of energy and raw materials. This has meant that issues such as multi-functionalism, the use of innovative building materials or energy-efficient building methods are increasing in significance. These topical developments have been taken into consideration. The authors introduce floor plan solutions using contemporary projects which bear in mind...

The Magic Box, carried out by Dominique Perrault Architecture, is more than a public sports facility. It is a whole conceptual, urbanistic and constructive manifesto through the insertion of a radically contemporary building in a sensitive environment, which has helped to regenerate the southern edge of the city of Madrid and to round off the urban banks of the Manzanares River. The book includes unpublished texts by Andreas Ruby (a didactic essay) and Hans Ulrich Ibrist (an exclusive interview). It also includes a technical dossier dedicated to the construction of the building highly...

Winner of the 2020 SAMLA Studies Book Award — Edited Collection Cities both near and far communicate in a variety of ways. Travel between, through, and among urban centers initiates contact, and cities themselves are sites of ever-changing cultural and historical encounters. Predictable and surprising challenges and opportunities arise when city borders are crossed, voices meet, and artistic traditions find their counterparts. Using the Latin word for “translation,” translatio, or “to carry across,” as a point of departure, Avenues of Translation explores how translation...

Quizás la evidencia más tangible a raíz de la globalización ha sido la confusión en los límites que solían definir la identidad urbana y la rural. Su gradual erosión dio paso a la proliferación de los suburbios. Buenos Aires, con el avenimiento de reformas económicas desde los tempranos 90` atravesó transformaciones radicales. ¿Qué nuevas tipologías y figuraciones han emergido de ellas? ¿Cuáles son sus reglas y dinámicas? Y, sobre todo, ¿en qué se basan sus potenciales? Este libro documenta un proyecto de investigación en urbanismo que intenta retratar este escenario...