Barcelona: de la ciudad acabada al territorio metapolitano

With the rapid developments in renewable resources over the last few years, environmentally-friendly housing is no longer the pipe-dream of a few radical architects and ecologists, it is now a firm reality. Small Eco Houses is a superbly illustrated volume that showcases the latest trends and architectural solutions for eco-housing. It also explores how research into alternative materials and new ways to apply traditional prime materials have paved the way for a whole new range of design options that mean aesthetics and comfort no longer have to be compromised to achieve sustainable...

Colombian architect Rogelio Salmona has translated pragmatic and poetic concepts and intentions into physical form. These result from the architect's deep communion with and understanding of the materials and processes, as well as of the historic-cultural context in which his architectural intervention takes place. Salmona's oeuvre, including such notable examples as the Torres del Parque (1967) in Bogota, the Presidential House for Illustrious Guests (1981) in Cartagena, the Quimbaya Museum (1983) in Armenia and the National Archive of the Nation (1992) in Bogota, is without doubt one of the ...

Llus Domnech i Montaner is the author of such extraordinary buildings as the Palau de la Msica, the museum of zoology and the hospital of Sant Pau. This publication gathers a collection of articles that treat the same works and present-day photographic material.

Obra fundamental en la historiografía del arte, Historia de la arquitectura representa la culminación de diez años de trabajo del prestigioso investigador Spiro Kostof, profesor en la Universidad de Berkeley. Abarcando desde la prehistoria hasta el postmodernismo, el libro no sólo se ocupa de los monumentos religiosos y civiles, objeto tradicional de la atención de los historiadores, sino también estudia una diversidad de edificaciones industriales o domésticas, rurales o urbanas, todas ellas dentro de un contexto social, físico y cultural. Las manifestaciones arquitectónicas de...