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The work of Vladimír Dedecek (born 1929) is considered as a prime example of an independent socialist version of the Modern style. His main commissions were prestigious buildings designed and built between the 1960s and 1980s. The most important of these are still being used as originally intended. The monograph consists of three parts it explains the method of research and the concept of the book; it analyzes and interprets four buildings as examples: the Boarding School in Modra (19721978), the Slovak National Archive (19721983), the Supreme Court (19771990), and the Slovak National Gallery (19671979) and informs about another thirteen key buildings forming the basis of possible interpretations and is followed by the list of works, the bibliography, and the biographical details.

The first major study of one of the most important architects of the postwar era.Equally admired and maligned for his remarkable Brutalist buildings, Paul Rudolph (19181997) shaped both late modernist architecture and a generation of architects while chairing Yales department of architecture from 1958 to 1965. Based on extensive archival research and unpublished materials, The ArchitectureofPaul Rudolph is the first in-depth study of the architect, neglected since his postwar zenith.Author Timothy M. Rohan unearths the ideas that informed Rudolphs architecture, from his Florida beach houses of the 1940s to his concrete buildings of the 1960s to his lesser-known East Asian skyscrapers of the 1990s. Situating Rudolph within the architectural discourse of his day, Rohan shows how Rudolph countered the perceived monotony of mid-century modernism with a dramatically expressive architecture for postwar America, exemplified by his Yale Art and Architecture Building of 1963, famously clad in corrugated concrete. The fascinating story of Rudolphs spectacular rise and fall considerably deepens longstanding conceptions about postwar architecture: Rudolph emerges as a pivotal figure who anticipated new directions for architecture, ranging from postmodernism to sustainability.

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Tan práctico como visionario, tan arquitecto como constructor, Otto Wagner abrió una nueva era en el arte de la edificación. Nacido en Viena, el proyectista no pasó inadvertido: pionero en el uso de materiales como vidrio, acero y aluminio, experimento sin pausa con formas que redefinirian la identidad estructural vienesa y la arquitectura urbana.Otto Wagner (1841-1918) es una de las figuras mas influyentes de la arquitectura del cambio de siglo. Formo parte de la Secesion Vienesa, el grupo de artistas y diseñadores liderado por Gustav Klimt que se opuso al estilo conservador que dominaba la Kunstlerhaus Wien, la Academia de Bellas Artes de Viena. El enfoque visionario de Wagner, descrito como racionalismo estructural, fue pionero en el uso de materiales como el vidrio, el acero y, especialmente, el aluminio, y redefinio la identidad estructural vienesa.Desde la imponente edificio de la Caja Postal de Ahorros austriaca hasta la esplendida San Leopoldo en Steinhof, una de las iglesias mas importantes del art nouveau en el mundo, descubra la amplitud de la obra de Wagner, asi como la realidad politica, economica y social de su epoca. Esta detallada panoramica incluye un mapa que situa sus proyectos mas destacados ademas de fotografias recientes de maestros como Keiichi Tahara.Sobre la serieCada libro de la Basic Architecture Series de TASCHEN incluye:ensayos introductorios que exploran la procedencia, vida y obra del arquitecto;las obras mas importantes por orden cronologico;informacion sobre los clientes, los requisitos arquitectonicos y los problemas y soluciones surgidos durante la puesta en practica de los proyectos;una lista de obras selectas y un mapa con el emplazamiento de las edificaciones mas conocidas y destacadas;aproximadamente 120 imagenes, entre las que se incluyen fotografias, bocetos, dibujos y planos de planta.

BOGDANOVIC BY BOGDANOVIC: YUGOSLAV MEMORIALS THROUGH THE EYES OF THEIR ARCHITECT

The Serbian Bogdan Bogdanovic (1922-2010)architect, urbanist, polymath, writer and former mayor of Belgrade - created some of the most distinctive memorials in Europe. In particular his Flower of Stone, in Jasenovac (Croatia) and the Dudik Memorial Park in Vukovar (Croatia,1980) gained international attention. Spread across the territories of former Yugoslavia, Bogdanovic's monuments, memorial sites and necropolises (cemeteries) symbolise both the cultural diversity and the tragic history of the Balkans; they all reflect his philosophy which is one of inclusion, the unity of human experience arising from conflict and shared trauma. Friedrich Achtleitner, poet and architectural critic, has visited all memorials, with Bogdanovic and alone. In A Flower for the Dead, he presents what he has seen during his travels in essays and emotive images.

Our main product -NESS is complemented by -NESS.docs, our annual monographic series. The first one, launched in November 2017, is dedicated to the works and thoughts of Hashim Sarkis Studio. Co-edited by Lots of Architecture publishers, José Mayoral & Felipe Vera. With texts by Stan Allen, Angelo Bucci, Kenneth Frampton, Pablo Gerson, Gabriel Kozlowski, José Mayoral, Luca Molinari, Florencia Rodriguez, Hashim Sarkis, Nader Tehrani & Felipe Vera. Features HSS projects: Balloon Landing Park, Housing for the Fishermen, Daily Mosque, Town Hall & Park, Float Pavilion, Watermelon Landscape, Courtowers.

FRANCIS KÉRÉ.ELEMENTOS PRIMARIOS

LINA BO BARDI es un libro del autor VARIOS AUTORES editado por EDITORIAL ARTE Y CIENCIA, S.A.. LINA BO BARDI tiene un código de ISBN 978-84-7075-655-9 y consta de 578 Páginas.

Walter M. Keesey

Espegel, CarmenEste libro ha sido escrito con el fin de que las futuras generaciones construyan con más dignidad el siglo XXI. Recordar el pasado para mejorar el futuro ha sido uno de los objetivos de estas reflexiones, pero tamien hacer critica de la propia critica, para asi recuperar de la la buena arquitectura precedente, proyectda o no por mujeres, aquello que sea excelente incluso para las obras venideras aspirando, con todo ello, a descubrir los invariantes eternos de la gran arquitectura. Las excepcionales precursoras que aqui se han distinguido, sobre la base de una eleccion personal relacionada con ciertas afinidades y sintonias, han demostrado con sus vidas y, sobretodo con sus obras, una alta dosis de coraje, creatividad, excelencia y coherencia. La asuncion al mismo tiempo de compromisos y riesgos les ha conferido un estatus de heroinas homericas, valientes y extraordinarias, que quiza nunca persiguieron. Sus elecciones fueron tomadas de acuerdo a unos intensos principios eticos que debieran servirnos de estimulo a los futuros herederos. Su sabiduria demostrada a la hora de iniciar nuevas visiones del espacio nos ayudara a mirar y observar el mundo con una perspectiva mas generosa, donde lo femenino o lo masculino no sea excluyente. Las obras de estas arquitectos, suficientemente valiosas, abarcables, programaticas, complejas, poco conocidas y por fortuna nada mitificadas, con sus multiples significados cristalizados en un sentido, y sus multiples sentidos cristalizados en alguna verdad son, a su vez, la razon interna y esencial del proyecto de calidad. Este es su drama, su poetica y su grandeza

Esta exposición, la más completa que se ha realizado hasta hoy de la obra de Palladio, se ha presentado anteriormente en Vicenza y Londres, en el marco de los actos conmemorativos de los 500 años de su nacimiento. Presenta obras de muy diversa procedencia, entre las que destaca un conjunto de cincuenta y ocho dibujos propiedad del Institute of British Architects de Londres.

Resultaba tarea obligada reunir en un volumen la producción norteamericana de aquellas firmas destacadas cuya vida profesional no supera la treintena. Constituyen los representantes del presente de la realidad arquitectónica de un país, así como su futuro inmediato, avalado su éxito en la mayoría de las firmas por la prestigiosa American Institute of Architects, institución de la que todos acumulan numerosos premios. Es por ello que la siguiente monografía intenta traducir en imágenes las obras residenciales que mejor resumen el espíritu de su tiempo. Aquél en el que, como veremos, la Arquitectura abre paso a nuevas disciplinas.

Fumihiko Maki''s many buildings are characterized by a commitment to the ongoing project of Modernism as well as a humanist concern for the experience of the people who inhabit them. Both a thoughtful writer and a prolific builder, Maki was a founding member of the Metabolists, a highly influential group of Japanese architects in the 1960s who redefined how designers thought about large-scale urban planning. His own work, while sometimes vast in scale, is consistently responsive to the individual user. His 50-year exploration and expansion of the Modernist vocabulary has resulted in buildings that are technologically inventive, deceptively simple, and which carefully balance lightness and dignity. This book contains over 40 projects, extensively illustrated with drawings, photos, models, sketches, diagrams and computer renderings. These include the Spiral Building in Tokyo, the Fujisawa Municipal Gymnasium, the Kaze-No-Oka Crematorium in Nakatsu, and a tower currently under construction for the World Trade Center site in New York. The projects are organized roughly chronologically, but are also discussed thematically. Some projects, including Hillside Terrace, a mixed-use complex that Maki was involved with for almost 30 years, are examined not just at the moment after construction but as places that evolve over time. Buildings of every scale are included, from a 150 m2 floating pavilion to a 200,000 m2 college campus. The range of projects included, from early, experimental works to projects currently under construction in Canada, Switzerland, Japan, and the US give the reader a chance to examine in full the development of one of the most revered architects working today.

"Tránsitos de la forma" analiza diversas obras de Le Corbusier, James Stirling y Álvaro Siza, incidiendo en algunos aspectos críticos que las vinculan a una determinada tradición moderna dominada por la poderosa presencia del arquitecto suizo. Se trata de ver como esa influencia es recogida por Stirling y Siza, de manera diversa, y como mantienen la vitalidad de dicha tradicion.

"The array of buildings by Renzo Piano is staggering in scope and comprehensive in the diversity of scale, material, and form. He is truly an architect whose sensibilities represent the widest range of this and earlier centuries." Such was the description of Renzo Piano given by the Pritzker Prize jury citation as they bestowed the prestigious award on him in 1998.Whereas some architects have a signature style, what sets Piano apart is that he seeks simply to apply a coherent set of ideas to new projects in extraordinarily different ways. "One of the great beauties of architecture is that each time, it is like life starting all over again," Piano says. "Like a movie director doing a love story, a Western, or a murder mystery, a new world confronts an architect with each project." This explains why it takes more than a superficial glance to recognize Piano''s fingerprints on such varied projects as the Pompidou Center in Paris (197177), the Kansai airport in Osaka, Japan (199094), and the Tjibaou Cultural Center in Noumea, New Caledonia (199398). This stunning monograph, illustrated by photographs, sketches, and plans, covers Piano''s career to date.

Found in our archives, the Black''s Sketchbooks are a series of books produced in the early 20th century by a group of well-known artists. Each book contains pen sketches of iconic English and Scottish cities and counties. There are also some books on famous Continental cities such as Paris and Venice. The result is a charming series of books that present a fascinating look at British and European locations as they were almost a century ago. This title presents a delightful look at Canterbury as it was in 1915.

Las excepcionales precursoras que aquí se han distinguido, sobre la base de una elección personal relacionada con ciertas afinidades y sintonías, han demostrado con sus vidas y, sobre todo con sus obras, una alta dosis de coraje, creatividad, excelencia y coherencia. La asuncion al mismo tiempo de compromisos y riesgos les ha conferido un estatus de heroinas homericas, valientes y extraordinarias, que quiza nunca persiguieron. Sus elecciones fueron tomadas de acuerdo a unos intensos principios eticos que debieran servirnos de estimulo a los futuros herederos. Su sabiduria demostrada a la hora de iniciar nuevas visiones del espacio nos ayudara a mirar y observar el mundo con una perspectiva mas generosa, donde lo femenino o lo masculino no sea excluyente. Las obras de estas arquitectas, suficientemente valiosas, abarcables, programaticas, complejas, poco conocidas y por fortuna nada mitificadas, con sus multiples significados cristalizados en un sentido, y sus multiples sentidos cristalizados en alguna verdad, son, a su vez, la razon interna y esencial del proyecto de calidad. Este es su drama, su poetica y su grandeza. Los proyectos expuestos son grandes obras desconocidas del Movimiento Moderno y profundizar en su conocimiento ha requerido una investigacion extensa, paulatina, esforzada y celosa.

In 1930, when Albert Frey (1903-1998) came to the US from his native Switzerland, he brought the influence of his mentor, Le Corbusier, with him. The innovative Aluminaire House that he developed together with A. L. Kocher was exhibited in 1932 by Henry-Russell Hitchcock and Philip Johnson in the legendary show in the Museum of Modern Art in New York The International Style: Architecture since 1922 as one of the very few American examples of the movement. Soon after, Frey discovered the California desert, where he would settle and complete his most substantial works. Throughout his life, Frey was interested in finding new ways of building, as well as working with and doing research on prefabricated materials, the results of which he regularly published. With visionary talent, Frey built elegant, clearly structured residential houses and was the founder of the desert modernism style.