Arquitectura biológica 1

Ask Americans to think of a famous architect and the person they are most likely to name is Frank Lloyd Wright. Wright's work, his reputation, and his long and colorful career have made him an icon of modern American architecture. But despite his status as America's most celebrated architect, his influence throughout an active practice spanning the years 1896 to 1959 is so wide and complex that it has been difficult to grasp fully. The essays in this book look not at the United States, the context usually associated with Wright, but at countries around the globe. Anthony Alofsin has assembled ...

Virtually ignored throughout its 2000-year history, the architecture of wine growing estates gained a dramatic new level of awareness in 1988 when the Centre Georges Pompidou mounted an exhibition "Chateaux of Bordeaux". It's focus was the `architecture of wine' and it became the catalyst of a stimulating international discussion of wine and wine culture. The buildings depicted in this book constitute a representative example of the diversity of wineries in the world today. It is also hoped that the book will inspire readers to visit some of them in order to experience first hand the marriage ...

Los aeropuertos ya no son sólo aeropuertos. Han dejado atrás su condición de simples máquinas reguladoras del tráfico aéreo y ahora pueden considerarse factores decisivos en la transformación del área metropolitana. Impulsados por una serie de inversiones estratégicas, han asumido posiciones clave en las redes de ferrocarril y de trenes de alta velocidad que hasta hace poco sólo ocupaban las estaciones centrales. Los aeropuertos, como indiscutibles puntos de encuentro de las regiones europeas, se están transformando en centros de actividad en sí mismas, es decir, en nuevos polos...

Este libro es para estudiantes y arquitectos, e intenta recopilar algunas obras significativas del período 30-50 de la arquitectura moderna de Buenos Aires, donde los arquitectos argentinos de esa época reciente, desarrollaron a través de sus obras y sus escritos una lectura propia de la influencia moderna europea.