Espacios Zero

Este libro trata de cómo percibimos las cosas que nos rodean y, en especial, la arquitectura. Con un lenguaje claro y preciso, el autor va describiendo las sensaciones que experimentamos ante los objetos cotidianos, desde una taza de té hasta una raqueta de tenis, para tratar de explicar así cómo se puede disfrutar mejor de los edificios que configuran nuestro entorno.

A finales de la década de los años treinta, en octubre de 1939, Pedro Bidagor presentaba a la Primera Asamblea Nacional de Arquitectos las directrices urbanísticas de crecimiento y reconstrucción de Madrid. En 1941 se concluía la redacción del Plan General de Ordenación de Madrid, y en 1944 se aprobaba mediante la Ley de Bases, ratificada en 1946 por la Ley Articulada.

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...

"Architecture & Design Australia" is a new survey of Australian Architecture that takes an expansive look at over 50 builings, from private dwellings to public monuments, and includes many award-winning projects that have helped shape the energetic state of Australian design today. It is fair to say that the diversity of the Australian continent shapes the complexity of its architecture, and it is these ingredients that continue to set the scene for the country's exciting architectural language. An index with contact information of the featured architects and designers is enclosed.