Jonathan Glancey

Cómo leer ciudades es una guía de bolsillo ideal para comprender las condiciones que han favorecido la formación de las ciudades de todo el mundo. Desde un enfoque práctico y muy visual, nos muestra como leer la historia que se entreteje en la formacion de los barrios, los pueblos y las ciudades en las que vivimos actualmente. Las ciudades han crecido o se han eclipsado segun fuese el destino de las civilizaciones a las que pertenecian. Algunas han desaparecido por completo y ya no son mas que ruinas; otras han prosperado como centros urbanos durante miles de años; pero todas contienen pistas clave en sus calles y sus limites que revelan por que sus habitantes se fueron agrupando en ellas, y que nos hablan de su historia social, politica y cultural.Repleto de planos, mapas y dibujos, este libro llevara al lector en un viaje por todo el mundo que le descubrira la historia de las ciudades de nuestros origenes urbanos mas antiguos a las del mundo contemporaneo: de Babilonia a Pekin, de Londres a Paris y de los rascacielos de Nueva York a las calles de su propia ciudad natal.Una lectura obligada para cualquier persona interesada en la historia, las ciudades y los viajes, este fascinante libro convertira al lector en un detective urbano.

Esta fresca y minuciosa historia de la arquitectura mundial es una inspiradora odisea a través de cinco mil años de magníficas construcciones, desde la antigua Sumeria hasta las espectaculares torres de vidrio y acero de los rascacielos actuales. Analiza las obras maestras de arquitectos como Palladio, Le Corbusier, Antonio Gaudi o Frank Lloyd Wright, entre otros, y sus biografias. Una coleccion sin precedentes de fotografias, ilustraciones y planos, combinada con un texto ameno, crean una historia de la arquitectura memorable, comentada con pasion y detalle. Un libro excepcional que gustara tanto al entendido como al aficionado a la arquitectura.

The thrilling story of the last, and greatest, generation of steam railway locomotives in regular main line service: a story of invention, skill and passion, Giants of Steam reveals how the true advocates of steams glory days pushed its design and performance to remarkable limits, taking these powerful and beautifully designed machines to new heights against a backdrop of the political upheavals and military conflicts of the mid twentieth century. Glancey tells the stories of the greatest of the steam men, the charismatic engineers who designed these machines and put them to use. Giants of Steam also reveals how steam design has continued to progress against the odds in recent decades, while enthusiasm for the steam locomotive itself is far from burning out.

In Concorde, Jonathan Glancey tells the story of this magnificent and hugely popular aircraft anew, taking the reader from the moment Captain Chuck Yeager first broke the sound barrier in 1947 through to the last commercial flight of the supersonic airliner in 2003. It is a tale of national rivalries, technological leaps, daring prototypes, tightrope politics, and a dream of a Dan Dare future never quite realized. Jonathan Glancey traces the development of Concorde not just through existing material and archives, but through interviews with those who lived with the supersonic project from its inception. The result is a compelling mix of overt technological optimism, a belief that Britain and France were major players in the world of civil as well as military aviation, and faith in an ever faster, ever more sophisticated future. This is a celebration, as well as a thoroughly researched history, of a truly brilliant machine that became a sky god of its era.

Announced in 1912, the Schneider Trophy stole the imaginations of pioneering aircraft manufacturers in America, France, Britain and Italy, as they competed in a series of air races that attracted a hugely popular following. Perhaps inevitably, the dynamism of rival engineering led to the most potent military fighters of World War Two and Reginald Mitchells record-breaking Supermarine seaplanes morphed into the Spitfire.Wings Over Water tells the story of the Schneider air races afresh and also examines the wider politics and society of the early twentieth-century that framed the event. It is an exhilarating tale of raw adventure, public excitement and engineering genius.

Updated edition to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Britain.It is difficult to overestimate the excitement that accompanied the birth of the Spitfire. An aircraft imbued with balletic grace and extraordinary versatility, it was powered by a piston engine and a propeller, yet came tantalisingly close to breaking the sound barrier. First flown in 1936, the Spitfire soon came to symbolize Britains defiance of Nazi Germany in the summer of 1940.Spitfire: The Biography is a celebration of a great British invention, of the men and women who flew it and supported its development, and of the industry that manufactured both the aircraft and the Rolls-Royce engines that powered it. It is also about the ways in which the sight, sound and fury of this lithe and legendary fighter continue to stir the public imagination worldwide more than eighty years on.

The British designed and built the Harrier, the most successful vertical take-off-and-landing aircraft ever made. Combining state-of-the-art fighter plane technology with a helicopters ability to land vertically the Harrier has played an indispensable role for the RAF and Royal Navy in a number of conflicts, most famously the Falklands War. Jonathan Glanceys biography is a vividly enjoyable account of the invention of this remarkable aeroplane and a fitting tribute to the inspiration and determination of the men and women who created it, and the bravery of the men who flew it, often in the most dangerous conditions.

The thrilling true story behind the Allies mission to take back Venice from the Germans and save its artistic and architectural treasures

Landlocked, almost inaccessible to foreigners, Nagaland has been fighting a secret, often brutal war for independence for more than half a century. Portrayed either as a land of ruthless guerrillas or exotic natives, Nagaland is in fact a complex and divided region, with an incredible history. The breathtaking Naga hills take us to the offices of Adolf Hitler and Emperor Hirohito, via a motley collection of well-meaning colonialists and anthropologists, and one of the most important battles of the Second World War.The third generation of his family to be seduced by Nagaland, Jonathan Glancey tries to reconcile his childhood idealism with the reality he finds there, and explores his family ties to the region. Through his ancestral history, extensive travels beyond the tourist zone, and through the voices of the Nagas he meets, he tells the true story of this forgotten land.

What was it really like to take the LNERs Art Deco Coronation streamliner from Kings Cross to Edinburgh, to cross the Atlantic by the SS Normandie, to fly with Imperial Airways from Southampton to Singapore, to steam from Manhattan to Chicago on board the New York Centrals 20th Century Limited or to dine and sleep aboard the Graf Zeppelin? In the course of The Journey Matters, Jonathan Glancey travels from the early 1930s to the turn of the century on some of what he considers to be the most truly glamorous and romantic trips he has ever dreamed of or made in real life.Each of the twenty journeys allows him to explore the history of routes taken, and the events - social and political - enveloping them. Each is the story of the machines that made these journeys possible, of those who shaped them and those, too, who travelled on them.

The author conducts an inspiring journey through 5,000 years of magnificent buildings, from ancient Sumeria to the spectacular glass-and-steel towers of today's cityscapes. This title presents a collection of full-colour photographs, artworks, and plans that creates a story of architecture.

Once viewed as a plaything of the wealthy and eccentric, cars are now an integral part of modern life. "The Car" provides a snapshot history of the automobile, not just the makes and models but its role in many spheres of life such as: politics, family life, war, advertising, architecture, film and art to name but a few. Jonathan Glancey also covers the development of the car, from the early 'horseless carriages', through people's cars from the VW Beetle to the Ford Galaxy, and the speed machines and dream cars of various eras. Combining Glancey's illuminating text with stunning photographs, "The Car" is much more than another encyclopedia, it reveals why we love, loathe and depend on one of the greatest modern inventions, and how the car really has shaped the way we live now. With many rare and unusual images from around the world as well as classic shots of some of the greatest cars ever made, this is a sensory treat for any car lover.

Impressive... Glancey has written an engaging and affectionate account of the V-bombers, not least the figures who made it all possible.TelegraphTHE THREE VERY DIFFERENT models of V class bomber comprising Britains strategic nuclear strike force - Vickers Valiant, Avro Vulcan and Handley Page Victor - marked a radical change in post-war bomber design. From the time they first entered service between 1955 and 1957, these charismatic, high-flying jets stole the public imagination. Theirs, though, was a terrible beauty. In 1956, over the South Australian desert, Valiant WZ366 was the first British aircraft to drop an operational atomic bomb.The V-bombers were Britains premier Cold War aircraft. But frictions in Anglo-American relations alongside developments in radar and surface-to-air missiles led to the Royal Navy taking over Britains nuclear deterrent role in 1968. Despite this, the V-bombers enjoyed a second life in conventional roles, most notably when Vulcans undertook the longest bombing raids in history in the 1982 Falklands War.V-Force sets these formidable, haunting aircraft in the story of the development of twentieth-century weapons of mass destruction, military rivalries and international politics. It is both an extraordinary ode to the V-bombers and a unique lens through which to view Britains Cold War experience.

Así, aquí tenemos 70 preguntas (una por cada año de la esperanza de vida que nos adjudica la Biblia) acerca de la arquitectura a través de la historia y del mundo. Grandes edificios y estructuras de ingenieria que, como la torre Eiffel, han influido en el arte y la ciencia de la arquitectura y estan aqui para quedarse, aunque nuestro punto de vista al respecto continuara cambiando con los vientos, las mareas y las modas y filosofias de paso.

Guía visual que recoge todos los aspectos relacionados con el mundo de los árboles. Es perfecta para aprender a distinguir y conocer más de 500 especies de árboles de todo el mundo, con toda la informacion sobre las hojas, los frutos, las flores, etc. Ayuda a reconocer la importancia de los arboles y de los bosques como habitats naturales y ecosistemas y explora las ancestrales relaciones del hombre con los arboles.

Guía visual que recoge todos los aspectos relacionados con la arquitectura y la evolución de la misma en el entorno urbano, abordando la arquitectura de cada una de las zonas del mundo, analizando sus caracteristicas generales y tratando ejemplos concretos (los mas representativos) de las mismas. Jonathan Glancey es arquitecto, miembro de honor del Royal Institute of British Arquitects y editor de arquitectura y diseño de The Guardian.