Australia architecture & design

Known until recently for such public facilities as the Zamora Municipal Museum, the Castellón Fine Arts Museum and the León Auditorium, over the last few years Mansilla + Tuñón have developed a number of projects in which urban scale and the problems of inhabiting in the contemporary city assume more and more importance. In this issue of 2G we present the (almost) complete works of these Madrid architects, works grouped around the basic ideas which define their projects, namely memory and the city, system and restrictions, sameness and difference, and lastly trace and landscape. These...

CONTENIDO: Introduccion.- Planificacion urbana y regional.- Diseno urbano.- Arquitectura.- Semblanzas de Mario Pani.

The book analyses a selection of 10 houses and 14 buildings constructed in Costa Rica from 2000 to 2005 and that represent the current urban San Jose's growth trends. The domestic architecture reflects a higher purchasing power with an appreciation oh natural surroundings, the office and industrial buildings are aimed some at rescuing the historic downtown area while others were constructed in the suburban area of the city. Includes biographies of mentioned architects.

Esta versión en castellano se corresponde a la traducción de la edición original publicada en inglés en 1951. De este modo, se pretende recuperar uno de los textos más reconocidos del arquitecto urbanista Steen E. Rasmussen y contribuir a su difusión entre estudiosos y amantes de la arquitectura. El autor con su obra pretende incitar al lector a que mire la ciudad como una entidad que expresa determinados ideales, y los edificios y monumentos singulares que la componen, como la parte de un todo. Las ciudades no se estudian aquí de un modo idéntico o de acuerdo a un método particular, ...