Políticas, paisajes y territorios vulnerables

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.

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 ...

L’obra arquitectònica de Lluís Domènech i Montaner culmina al Palau de la Música Catalana, joia modernista i centre musical de Barcelona des de 1908. Si la seva façana sorprèn, la sala de concerts, amb la seva curiosa estructura de temple i teatre, és una de les més belles del món.

Este libro no es solo un libro sobre urbanismo o sobre arquitectura, tampoco es un libro sobre historia o poesía, no es un libro sobre viajes o literatura?, es todo esto y mucho más. Con una prosa que vaga de una idea a otra con la libertad que Kahn se otorga, nos lleva a las calles de Pompeya, pero no a una esplendorosa ciudad antigua, nos cuenta la historia de la gente común, gente que nos ha dejado legados de una vida corriente, incluso que ha tenido tiempo de dejarnos mensajes escritos en los muros de la ciudad; después nos desplaza a Oriente para contarnos cómo son las calles de Las ...