KURT FORSTER

Este catálogo sobre la obra del arquitecto Carlos Jiménez, nacido en San José, Costa Rica (1959), recorre cronológicamente la obra realizada entre los años 1983 y 1991. En el escaso período desde que estableciera su propio estudio en Houston, Jimenez ha completado numerosas casas y otros proyectos que testifican una sensibilidad clara y refinada en su diseño. Al presentar la obra de Carlos Jimenez, Aldo Rossi la describe como "la fragilidad de una maravilla intemporal", al igual que "antiguas raices sevillanas que las estilizaciones norteamericanas apenas han tocado". Kurt W. Forster, director de Historia del Arte y Humanidades del Centro Getty, aporta una introduccion lucida que analiza y describe con precision obras especificas de este arquitecto.

This monograph is one of the most complete and visually attractive publications on world-renowned architect Frank Gehry, presenting 243 of his buildings and projects. Gehry’s provocative works of architecture are constructed through a unique process of improvisation and display extreme creative freedom, which allows him to work without preconceptions and with an extraordinarily open mind. This volume traces Gehry’s career and creative development and includes all of his most significant works, from his senior thesis at the University of Southern California (1954) to a projected skyscraper in New York City (1997). Included are such high-profile projects as the Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Loyola Law School and the California Aerospace Museum in Los Angeles; the Nationale Nederlanden office building in Prague; and the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao.