Joyas de Cantabria

Patrimonio cultural de Cantabria. Cien piezas artísticas singulares surge a raíz del proyecto «La Pieza del Mes» que se desarrolló en el Aula de Patrimonio Cultural de la Universidad de Cantabria entre 2009 y 2017. Dicho proyecto surgió con la intención de dar a conocer y poner en valor una parte singular del Patrimonio artístico de la región a través del estudio de un total de 100 piezas de distintas tipologías (retablos, esculturas, pinturas, orfebrería…) y épocas (desde el período prerrománico hasta la actualidad). Partiendo de esa base, en el presente libro se han...

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...

The subject of this artist's sketchbook is an artistic and environmental project that was inaugurated by Cristina Iglesias on November 6, 2010. It concerns an underwater labyrinth, consisting of three submerged rooms built in cement, in the waters off the Espiritu Santo Island in Baja California's Candelero Bay. This house will slowly be inhabited by life. The project was promoted by the Fundación Mexicana para la Educación Ambiental A.C. (Fundea), in collaboration with the marine biologists and conservationists of the La Paz Coasts and The San Diego Oceanography Institute. This portfolio...

The shopping mall is one of the typologies most succesfully developed in the twentieth century. The work of the Mexican architural firm Grupo Arquitech has ventured into this fertile territory. Directed by Juan José Sánchez since 1987. In the space of a few years, Arquitech has designed the main malls in Mexico, perfecting a model that accurately define the limit. This is the first major documentation of their work.

Si bien el umbral es la pieza que define el límite entre dos espacios debajo de una puerta, este texto presenta la noción de "Umbral" como transición. Conceptualiza la idea del ingreso a un edificio como un "lugar" que no es adentro ni afuera pero que es al mismo tiempo las dos cosas. Luego ejemplifica, a través de un recorrido de arquitecturas cercanas y lejanas en tiempo y geografía, situaciones de umbral que nos permiten reconocer el fenómeno en sus diversas manifestaciones. Este texto pretende sensibilizar a nuestros alumnos en la percepción de los espacios que nos acompañan...