Treinta hombres que hicieron Madrid (1750-1950)

Es como un abanico que se abre desde el impulso narrativo y muestra en sus repliegues parques, caminos, calles emblemáticas y viajes que conectan desde La Plata (con sus vecinos Necochea y Juárez en Argentina) hasta Bogotá, Cartagena y Barranquilla y todas entre sí. La propuesta de Pérgolis consiste en partir de los recuerdos sobre las ciudades. De ahí que este libro sea un relato largo o un encuentro de relatos sobre la ciudad a través de la práctica académica y de la experiencia de vivir en la ciudad. En el campo disciplinar esta apuesta se convalida con lo propuesto enLeer y...

Text (in Spanish) and images complement each other to create a narrative thread that offers informative insights into the architect's intellectual and visual imagination and expands our understanding of Olgiati's oeuvre.

A selection of the most prominent works of architecture selected by El Croquis with an introduction by Juan Antonio Cortés and an essay by William Curtis. Among the works are the Sendai Mediatheque by Toyo Ito, the Yokohama International Port Terminal by Foreign Office Architects, the Netherlands Embassy in Berlin by OMA-Rem Koolhaas, the Braga Municipal Stadium by Eduardo Souto de Moura, the Prada Aoyama Epicenter by Herzog & De Meuron, the Scottish Parliament building by EMBT, the Monastery of Our Lady of Novy Dvur by John Pawson, the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art expansion by Steven Holl,...

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.