Arquitectonics

El presente libro establece los fundamentos de un saber hacer arquitectura que no se identifique unicamente con el espacio de la construccion, en concordancia con las posturas humanistas de Occidente. Se estructura en tres partes complementarias, dedicadas a las tres dimensiones basicas de la arquitectura: la estetica, la etica-politica y la cientifica, unidas a traves de un nucleo dialogico-social del hecho arquitectonico que da solidez, simultaneamente, tanto al diseno arquitectonico como a su construccion y a su uso. El libro se complementa con un amplio anexo que contiene la version...

"Reviews the elements, factors and arguments for a better understanding of architecture and urban design through reviewing the ideas and concepts of noted architects, in particular by famed architect Louis I. Kahn. Edition includes 5 conference papers by the author submitted from 1993 to 2005 in various events." --Provided by vendor.

Visiting an exhibition by Leonardo Nierman is penetrating a space that invites us to dream in infinities, to discover exteriors and interiors of cosmic worlds. The exhibition Genesis de un Sueno (Genesis of a Dream) mounted at the Contemporary University Museum of Art in Mexico City conveyed such sensations to visitors. Running from May through August of 1996, it featured three hundred of Nierman's works spanning forty years and was reinstalled by popular demand through January 1997. Its beauty and mystery are now captured in this elegant volume. Nierman: Genesis de un Sueno is a celebration...

"Construir ciudad" con equipamientos Como afirma Choay (2004), "construir ciudad" no es sinónimo de urbanizar. Esta frase nos remite a una imagen de todo aquello que hoy, a pesar de haber pasado por un proceso de urbanización, no alcanza a ser ciudad, pues lo que le da soporte y es público está ausente, no cubre las necesidades de quienes allí habitan o no permite la interacción social; en suma, porque son espacios carentes de vida urbana. Los equipamientos colectivos, concebidos como "aquellas dotaciones que la comunidad estima imprescindibles para el funcionamiento de la estructura...

Having graduated from Cornell University, Richard Meier established his own architectural firm in New York City in 1963, around a group known as the "Five Architects" of New York. This book includes 70 works and projects, chronologically ordered, from his first private houses around New York, to the most recent cultural centres, museums, corporate buildings and city planning for different cities in Europe, Asia and USA. This book, abundantly illustrated and documented, offers a chronological survey, from the first houses in the Hamptons to the most recent buildings including the Getty Center...