James Steele

This work is a survey of trends in architecture worldwide since the 1960s. It takes as its starting point the international modernism that was once the norm, and charts its disintegration and the counter-movements and styles that have replaced it over the last 30 years.

Los ordenadores han revolucionado la arquitectura, dando lugar a profundas discusiones filosóficas que están provocando un cambio en los paradigmas de la profesión. Los programas de diseño asistido por ordenador, que en sus inicios se vieron como una ruptura positiva que permitiria investigaciones hasta entonces impensables, se estan perfilando, cada vez mas, como un culto que se debera ajustar cuidadosamente si los arquitectos quieren mantener cierta identidad creativa. Una fascinante introduccion recorre la teoria en la que se fundamenta la idea de ciberespacio y define los efectos que la adoracion a la tecnologia provoca en la sociedad. Los cinco capitulos siguientes describen diferentes aspectos del impacto de los ordenadores en los arquitectos. Los temas tratados incluyen el ordenador como instrumento de proyecto; la utilizacion pionera de Frank Gehry del programa CATIA, desarrollado para proyectar aviones de combate; los resultados de dejar que el ordenador controle el proceso de proyecto; el hibrido grafico digital de Eric Owen Moss y Moore Ruble Yudell; y el papel del ordenador en la enseñanza de la arquitectura. James Steele es profesor titular de proyectos de la University of Southern California en Los Angeles.

Pierre Koenig A monograph documenting the work of the significant Case Study architect.James Steele & David Jenkins The first monograph fully to document the pioneering work of Pierre Koenig (b.1925), one of the most important Case Study architects in California Provides insight into the evolution of Modernism and the impact of the Case Study programme on the architecture of the West Coast of the US Includes newly commissioned and vintage photographs together with the architect's original drawings Looks at Koenig's first exposed steel house, built in 1950, as well as the iconic and innovative Case Study Houses #21 and #22, commissioned by Arts and Architecture MagazinePierre Koenig (b.1925) is a leading figure of the Modern movement in America, and a guiding influence in the Case Study House Program. This monograph, the first ever to document his pioneering work, provides an unparalleled insight into the evolution of Modernism on the West Coast. Koenig designed and built his first exposed steel house in 1950. In 1957 he was chosen by Arts and Architecture Magazine to design Case Study Houses #21 and #22. These homes, two of the most innovative buildings in the programme, have since become iconic, and capture the intense excitement and optimism of the period. This book, a comprehensive study of Koenig's career, includes both newly commissioned and vintage photographs together with the architect's original drawings of his refined and dramatic architecture.

In his time, William Pereira was the epitome of the public image of an architect: a rugged individualist as well as a generalist who defined rather than mimicked emerging social values. He designed every building type imaginable, from houses to hospitals, as well as inventing some of his own, such as the Television Studios for CBS in Los Angeles. For the expansion of Los Angeles International Airport he convinced the authorities to adapt the facility to jet planes before jet travel was commonplace. he was a visionary whose wide-ranging interests and pragmatism surfaced at a time when a growing nation most needed those qualities.A long-overdue tribute to William Pereira s talent and influence, this book features in-depth, behind-the-scenes views of his best-known projects, captured in the stunning photography of Julius Shulman and Wayne Thom. Features on CBS, The USC master plan, UC Irvine, The Doha master plan, the Transamerica Tower in San Francisco, and the Los Angeles International Airport characterize the spectacular scope of his career. This first complete chronology of his work is a telling record of his vast achievements.

Hailing from Vienna, Rudolph Michael Schindler (1887-1953), like his colleague Richard Neutra, emigrated to the US and applied his International Style techniques to the movement that would come to be known as California Modernism. Influenced by the work of Frank Lloyd Wright and taking cues from spatial notions found in cubism, he developed a singular style characterized by geometrical shapes, bold lines, and association of materials such as wood and concrete, as seen in his own Hollywood home (built in 1921-22) and the house he designed for P.M. Lovell in Newport Beach (1923-24).

Ithra, también conocido como Centro Rey Abdulaziz para la Cultura Mundial, en Dhahran (Arabia Saudí), es un logro arquitectónico sin precedentes. Diseñado a escala monumental por el estudio de arquitectura noruego Snhetta, construido por Saudi Aramco e inaugurado por el rey Salman bin Abdulaziz a finales de 2017, Ithra ha sido incluido en la lista de la revista Time como uno de los 100 mejores lugares del mundo para visitar y es el ganador del Proyecto del Año y del Mejor Proyecto Innovador del Año en los Premios a la Innovacion en la Construccion de 2019.Esta institucion cultural polivalente, con sus inusuales esculturas geometricas, es unica en la arquitectura contemporanea. Con impresionantes imagenes y un estuche holografico envolvente, el libro ofrece una vision en profundidad y entre bastidores de la inspiracion de Ithra, desde el proceso del concurso y la seleccion del arquitecto hasta su compleja construccion, y revela la historia que hay detras de esta sorprendente joya arquitectonica, desde su concepcion hasta su realizacion.