La arquitectura de las diversidades territoriales de Urabá

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 ...

Arquitectura y política' afronta una cuestión clave de la arquitectura contemporánea: su responsabilidad en relación a la sociedad. Para ello, a partir de una recopilación de textos agrupados en cinco capítulos -Historias, Mundos, Metrópolis, Vulnerabilidades y Alternativas- la obra lleva a cabo un recorrido histórico que narra el papel social de los arquitectos y los urbanistas hasta la actual era de la globalización. A partir de temas como la vida comunitaria, la participación, la igualdad de género y la sostenibilidad, este libro establece tanto las vulnerabilidades...

Cecilia Puga belongs, along with Smiljan Radic, Alejandro Aravena and Pezo von Ellrichshausen, to a new generation of Chilean architects who from their peripheral situation address concerns that are very much in keeping with certain avenues explored by European architecture. This issue of 2G brings together seventeen buildings and projects by the Chilean architect, including the exemplary House in Bah’a Azul, in which the classic icon of the section of a house - the outline any child might draw - is manipulated, pivoted and transformed to produce a sense of strangeness in relation to its...

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...