Las claraboyas

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.

Revisión de la arquitectura de Richard J. Neutra desde unos presupuestos teóricos que apuntan a la arquitectura como resultado de un proceso de creación natural, entendida tanto en su acepción de perteneciente a la Naturaleza como en aquella otra que habla de una cierta sencillez de la misma.

An analysis of the Herrmann Building designed and constructed in Bogotá by architect Guillermo Bermúdez. The book, in a general interpretation of his work, takes specific elements of the building to reconstruct the architecture of Bermúdez and to establish the differences between his legacy and contemporary architecture. The study is divided in 4 sections: 1. The architect and his work; 2. The building, 3. The operations; 4. The topics; Conclusions.

This series is the best reference available for information on today's leading architects, and presents their work in an affordable and thoroughly illustrated format. Each book begins with an overview of the architect's style and accomplishments written by a leading architecture critic. Then, approximately twenty noteworthy works and projects are discussed by the architect and presented in detail with site plans, drawings, and black-and-white photographs.