Una ciudad natal dedicada enteramente a la manufactura de relojes, una infancia marcada por la sombra del hermano mayor, el encuentro crucial con su profesor de dibujo y más tarde con los hermanos Perret, la transformación en arquitecto-cons...
Aun con los proyectos que no llegaron a materializarse, Le Corbusier redefinió la forma de vida moderna, sintetizando funcionalidad, expresionismo y pensamiento urbano expansivo desde Suiza hasta la ciudad india de Chandigarh. Este libro ofrece...
An essential exploration of how Russian ideas about the United States shaped architecture and urban design from the czarist era to the fall of the U.S.S.R.
This catalog--the first of eight planned volumes that will critically present the entire oeuvre of Toronto-born, Los Angeles-based architect Frank Gehry (born 1929) using his sketches as the primary graphic material--includes texts and high-quality images...
"This book examines the life and work of one of the great architects of our time, Mies van der Rohe. Beginning and ending in Berlin, from the pre-1914 houses for the intelligentsia to the final masterpiece of 1968, the Neue Nationalgalerie, this essay...
Le Corbusier , cuyo nombre real era Charles-Édouard Jeanneret (1887-1965), se considera el arquitecto más influyente del siglo XX. Desde segundas residencias exclusivas hasta bloques de viviendas sociales, sus ideas, diseños y escrito...
Born Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, Le Corbusier (1887-1965) is widely acclaimed as the most influential architect of the 20th century. From private villas to mass social housing projects, his radical ideas, designs, and writings presented a whole-scal...
The regulation of intimate relationships has been a key battleground in the culture wars of the past three decades. In this bold and innovative book, Jean Cohen presents a new approach to regulating intimacy that promises to defuse the tensions that have...