El libro se propone abordar diversos episodios dentro del ciclo de la arquitectura moderna en Córdoba y sus relaciones con diversos ámbitos de la cultura y la política, así como sus impactos en las transformaciones urbanas que vivió la ciudad en el periodo. Las nociones en torno a la "modernidad" resultan problemáticas por su carácter polisémico, ya que, a lo largo del tiempo, esos conc…
Nuestras vidas están enmarcadas en el espacio y el tiempo. Las construcciones sociales hechas en torno a estos fenómenos contienen nuestro cotidiano y, repentinamente, con la pandemia de la covid-19, nuestra cotidianidad se limitó a un espacio más reducido y aumentó el tiempo que pasamos en él. En este contexto, expertos investigadores se reúnen en Escalas de lo humano para reflexionar s…
THE EYES OF THE SKIN Explore the relationship between architecture and the sensory experience with the fourth edition of this groundbreaking work First published in 1996, The Eyes of the Skin is a classic of architectural theory. It asks the far-reaching question why, when there are five senses, is one single sense—sight—so predominant in architectural culture and design? With the ascen…
rootedness Discover the insights and lessons of architect Juhani Pallasmaa In Rootedness: Reflections for Young Architects, Juhani Pallasmaa delivers an insightful and expansive collection of his most compelling ideas into architecture's position among arts and culture. Pallasmaa speaks to architecture students and young professionals, discussing each topic with sincerity and openness, sugg…
Philip II of Spain was a major patron of the arts, best known for his magnificent palace and royal mausoleum at the Monastery of San Lorenzo of El Escorial. However, neither the king's monastery nor his collections fully convey the rich artistic landscape of early modern Iberia. In this book, Laura Fernández-González examines Philip's architectural and artistic projects, placing them within t…
Architects build in and for a system that is not only pathological, but toxic. It is ruining the only planet we have, and we are clearly at the end of what is still possible within this ecology.The architecture presented in this book is a form of resistance – one which actively engages in the societies and territories it is inscribed in and which presents an antidote to the accelerating banal…
La réhabilitation des immeubles de logement de la fin du XIX e siècle et du début du XX e siècle constitue une part importante de la pratique architecturale. Considérés individuellement, ces bâtiments pourraient apparaître ordinaires; appréciés dans leur ensemble, ils se révèlent des éléments essentiels à la définition du caractère des villes. La rénovation de ces bâtiments e…
Questo libro riunisce un'antologia di scritti - molti dei quali inediti in Italia - dai primi anni Trenta in poi: saggi pubblicati in volumi e in riviste di architettura, introduzioni, conferenze, e conversazioni con gli studenti. Louis I. Kahn appartiene alla grande stagione dell'architettura del Novecento, i cui massimi protagonisti (tra i quali egli va senz'altro annoverato) sono stati in gr…
L'entrata in vigore dei tre decreti D.M. 1° settembre 2021, D.M. 2 settembre 2021, D.M. 3 settembre 2021, emanati in attuazione dell'articolo 46, comma 3, del D.Lgs. 9 aprile 2008, n. 81, ha completamente superato i vecchi criteri forniti dal D.M. 10 marzo 1998 che, per oltre venti anni, ha costituito il maggiore riferimento per la sicurezza antincendio e la gestione dell'emergenza nei luoghi …
Entre líneas invita a la relectura de la historia, la arquitectura y la modernidad a través del aporte de las arquitectas en Chile desde su entrada a la universidad en los años veinte (los hombres lo hicieron en 1849). Inspira la capacidad de las jóvenes editoras para construir 'mancomunidad' con un extenso colectivo de personas e instituciones. Desde la epistemología feminista que marca l…