Mini casas ecológicas

Este livro reúne cinco projectos de arquitectura de habitação do arquitecto Ricardo Vieira de Melo. As fotografias de exterior e interior apresentam detalhes excepcionais. Prefácio de João Rapagão.

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...

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 ...

Paulo Mendes da Rocha forma parte de una serie de libros cuyo contenido es, sobre todo, un homenaje personal a unos amigos que son, además, excelentes arquitectos. Homenaje visual, como el lector comprobará, donde la autoría se funda en la dimensión crítica de la mirada: más allá del texto con que suelo introducirlos, lo esencial de mi aportación pretende ser la mirada juiciosa y, por tanto, cómplice, que trata de reconocer. No negaré que, obrando así, soy fiel a mi ya antigua reivindicación de lo visual como ámbito específico del juicio estético, dimensión sensitiva cuyo...