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The Curves of Time The memoirs of the architectural master Oscar Niemeyer, a pioneer of Modernism.Oscar Niemeyer The first English-language edition of Niemeyer's memoirs Reveals the architect's many influences including his family, friends, women, art, literature and the sensuous landscapes of Brazil Niemeyer (b.1907) recounts his life in an informal, fluid narrative that moves from his childhood in Rio, through friendships with intellectuals and politicians such as Jean-Paul Sartre and Fidel Castro, to tales of adventurous road trips Includes 40 specially made sketches by Niemeyer and a chronology of his life and career In this first ever English-language edition of Oscar Niemeyer's memoirs, the architect reveals how his many passions - among them his large family, many friends, the sensuous landscape of Brazil, women, Communism, art and literature - have all influenced his life and in turn inspired his architecture. Born in Rio de Janeiro, Niemeyer graduated from the National School of Fine Arts in 1934. As a student he worked in the office of Lucio Costa, and on graduation he began collaborating with Le Corbusier on a new Ministry of Education and Health Building in Rio. Yet, in contrast to the International Style, Niemeyer's curvilinear forms reflected Brazil's lush, undulating landscape and the emotive style of its music and dance. Here Niemeyer recounts his life in an informal, fluid narrative that moves from his childhood in Rio, through to friendships with intellectuals and politicians such as Jean-Paul Sartre and Fidel Castro, to tales of adventurous road trips. The book includes 40 specially-made sketches by Niemeyer, a chronology of his notes and an index.

The complete works of the great Antoni Gaudi (TASCHEN's 25th anniversary special edition) Anyone who visits Barcelona today will come across the works of Antoni Gaudi - the architect who has attracted art-lovers from all over the world to Spain, it was here, in the capital of Catalonia, that the famous master of architecture produced nearly all of his works, including villas for the well-to-do bourgeoisle, the expansive Guell Park (which today is open to the public), and the famous church designed in honour of the Holy Family - a project which was begun over 100 years ago and has yet to be completed. Antoni Gaudi's life was full of contradictions. As a young man he joined the Catalonian nationalist movement and was critical of the church; toward the end of his life he devoted himself completely to the construction of one single church. As a young man Gaudi had a liking for the glamour of social life and the looks of a dandy; in old age, on the other hand, he lived a spartan life. Gaudi never married and devoted his life entirely to his art: architecture. His works have been acclaimed as "soothing oases in a desert of functional buildings," as "precious gems in the uniform grey of rows of houses," and the master himself was acclaimed as the "Dante of architecture". This book provides a sweeping study of his entire career, presenting his complete works via texts and illustrations.

La basílica de la Sagrada Familia es uno de los templos más grandes del mundo, un edificio en el que las revolucionarias soluciones técnicas se combinan con la originalidad funcional proyectada por A

''El límite entendido como espacio de jun-tura entre diferentes realidades es realmente el espacio contemporáneo con el que nosotros -y, en concreto, mi generación de arquitectos- hemos tenido que trabajar en numerosas ocasiones: un espacio marcado por muchas realidades que actuan simultaneamente entre si. Un espacio que puede ser a la vez rural y urbano, construido y no construido. En este caso, el limite es un punto de articulacion, un punto tensado por diferentes realidades simultaneas que operan sobre el; este es el espacio donde se producen la actuacion, la construccion, la reflexion y el crecimiento contemporaneos; un espacio diferente del espacio central, homogeneo y constante que, en principio, carece de tales tensiones''.

Selección y recopilación de textos escogidos de Juan Herreros

Recopilación de los textos más significativos del arquitecto Emilio Tuñón

"En defensa de la Modernidad y en contra de todo clasicismo robótico y todo romanticismo bufonesco, Miranda ha sido siempre un tipo incómodo, un resistente que sabe del valor de sedimentación del pensamiento estructurado y sabe que hay que predicar constantemente.Intelectual comprometido en momentos empalagosos en los que la disciplina mas ramplona se apoderaba de las aulas, su voz ha sido amada por los alumnos y despreciada por una buena cantidad de sus colegas de una Academia de la que siempre ha dudado. Y esa duda se ha convertido en un instrumento de transformacion de su pensamiento; sabemos que dudar es peligroso puesto que los poderes siempre nos han lanzado certidumbres que permiten adorar sin pausas pero, a su vez, nunca avanzar en el cambio."

Antología de los mejores escritos de María Teresa Muñoz (Profesora titular de Proyectos en la Escuela de Arquitectura de Madrid y reconocida crítica e historiadora). Escogidos de entre sus numeroso

Recopilación de textos del arquitecto Juan Carlos Arnuncio

Este libro recoge una significativa selección de los textos del autor, seleccionados por él mismo de entre sus numerosos escritos, de manera que el libro refleja fielmente sus ideas y los principales y más personales temas a los que Capitel ha dedicado gran parte de sus investigaciones: el análisis crítico de la arquitectura de los maestros modernos, la sorprendente condición metafórica e ilusoria de algunas de sus obras, el valor del patrimonio monumental y los planteamientos teóricos de intervención en él, las permanencias tipológicas a los largo de la Historia de la arquitectura (incluyendo la modernidad), la naturaleza mestiza de la arquitectura y su problemática relación con el arte...