Arquitectura y diseño

"Barcelona" presents a study-in text and photographic image-of one of the most architecturally fascinating and impressive cities in the world. From the Gaudí cathedral to Albert Viaplana and Helio Piñón's recent Centre de Cultura Contemporània, from the Palau de la Musica to the Dali Museum, what we find is a city whose magnificent strength lies in the coexistence of its amazingly diverse and historically disparate variety of structures. The city of Barcelona absorbs new influences and maintains traditions organically, avoiding a sense of fragmentation for a sense of exuberance and...

This volume displays several subjects in relation to the house projected and constructed by O'Gorman for Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo in San Angel, that are considered first of the funcionalist style for O'Gorman. The Rivera and Kahlo house is detailed as to theory, plan and use. It also includes the way in which Diego and Frida lived in those spaces.

Widely thought to be the greatest American architect, Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) was a true pioneer, both artistically and technically. At a time when reinforced concrete and steel were considered industrial building materials, Wright boldly made use of them to build private homes. His prairie house concept - that of a low, sprawling home based upon a simple L or T figure - was the driving force behind some of his most famous houses and became a model for rural architecture across America. Wright’s designs for office and public buildings were equally groundbreaking and unique. From...

El estudio de arquitectura HildundK, con sede en Múnich y formado por Andreas Hild y Dionys Ottl, parte de una premisa fundamental que guía toda su actividad proyectual: producir arquitectura moderna sin que ésta entre en conflicto con el contexto urbano, la tradición histórica, lo artesanal y, por supuesto, las necesidades de los usuarios. Sus proyectos se articulan alrededor de tres líneas fundamentales de actuación. La primera consiste en tomar cualquier dato del entorno como punto de partida, en particular la ciudad de Múnich, su historia y tradición constructiva. Las resonancias ...