Louis I. Kahn

Barcelona is a city renowned for its daring design sense where all kinds of commercial spaces have been remodelled or newly created by adventurous architects and interior designers. This book focuses on a wide range of shops distinguished not only for their original architecture and innovative design but also for the uniqueness of the products they sell and for the manner in which they are displayed. ? This indispensable guide to the finest retail spaces in Barcelona is conveniently formatted to fit into any handbag, backpack, or briefcase and includes a site map for ease of use. ? Lavishly...

Architectural study on the religious buildings of collective character built by the Jewish community of Buenos Aires in the 19t and 20th centuries and where the synagogues are the best examples. Their choices of architectural styles or languages responded to the historic moment when these buildings were constructed and respond to the preferences of each group according to their origin or its constructors or architects. The study analyses their morphology, mostly monumental, outside the city limits, and loaded inside and outside with ornaments and visible symbols of Judaism.

Este libro trata de cómo se reflejan las ideas y las realidades arquitectónicas sobre un plano gráfico. El dibujo de arquitectura se examina desde una perspectiva teórica, al tiempo que se ofrece un breve repaso histórico de sus ejemplos más significativos.

El proposito central del trabajo es fundamentar la teoria y tecnica de la accion proyectual y su ensenanza, particularmente en las etapas iniciales de la carrera. Por ello, un primer objetivo de las tareas desarrolladas fue indagar sobre la experiencia en el taller de arquitectura, observando a sus actores, registrando actitudes, examinando y evaluando las multiples actuaciones que se desarrollan en este espacio de aprendizaje y un segundo objetivo fue aportar y sugerir posibles superaciones a las condiciones percibidas. El trabajo, por su naturaleza, no puede sustraerse de fijar una postura...