Adolf Loos 1870-1933

Der Spanier Alejandro de la Sota zählt zu den Architekturikonen der spanischen Moderne. Alejandro de la Sota zählt zu den bedeutendsten Persönlichkeiten der spanischen Moderne. 1913 in Pontevedra in Galizien - "in einem Haus aus Stein" - geboren, prägte er die Architektur seines Heimatlandes und die einer ganzen Generation spanischer Architekten. Bauten wie jene der Zivilverwaltung in Tarragona sind Insignien einer Moderne, die dem Ort in der Auseinandersetzung mit Funktion, Form und Material eine neue Bestimmung verleihen. Die in diesem Buch analysierten Bauten und Projekte de la Sotas...

To know the work of art in its historical context we can understand and explain its meaning, the symbols involved, the author's intention and the reasons that allowed its creation. In this sense, the book seeks to recognize the various manifestations of art in its historical perspective. The book comprises ten original works, that try to discern the artistic creations since Pre-Hispanic times, in the Viceroyalty, up to the current period, and where visual arts, drama and music are also involved. "This book emerges as a need to spread the texts on art carried out by professors and students of...

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.

Cuál es la lógica de crecimiento de las ciudades en unas circunstancias de globalización económica y cultural? A partir de una reinterpretación del concepto de ciudad desde la teoría de sitemas -dejando de lado el criterio tradicional de ciudad para centrarse en el metropolitano-, el autor hace una aproximación a las pautas que rigen la evolución de seis grandes áreas urbanas españolas (Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Sevilla, Bilbao y el área central de Asturias) durante los últimos veinte años, comparándolas con las detectadas en otros países, especialmente en los Estados...