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Open CityRe-thinking the Post-Industrial City / Re-pensando la Ciudad Postind…
This publication inquires into the future of post-industrial cities framing and speculating on different industrial contexts: archipelagos (Eibar), fabrics (Cobo Calleja), assemblies (Detroit). Currently 55% of the world's population lives in cities, predictably reaching 70% in 2050. Cities are organisms in continuous transformation: growth, change, but also shrinking or collapse. Open City exp…
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La arquitectura moderna en LatinoaméricaAntologia de autores, obras y textos
Este libro versa sobre la arquitectura moderna que se construyó en Latinoamérica entre las décadas de 1930 y 1960, y sobre el pensamiento que la sustentó. Es una 'antología de autores'. Del mexicano Juan O'Gorman al chileno Alberto Cruz, la selección abarca a los ya 'clásicos modernos': Lúcio Costa, Oscar Niemeyer, Carlos Raúl Villanueva y Luis Barragán. Se trata, además, de una 'ant…
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Frentes de aguaDiseño urbano y paisajismo
En las últimas décadas ha sido tal el volumen de intervenciones urbanas al borde de agua que estos proyectos empiezan a construir un tipo de diseño en particular. Por ejemplo en Norteamérica funciona desde 1981 una organización para su promoción: el Waterfront Center (TWC), la cual realiza congresos y talleres, otorga premios y da apoyo a comunidades para intervenir los frentes de agua. E…
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Le CorbusierHacia un reencuentro entre sus influencias visibles y no visibles…
Este libro tiene como propósito reconsiderar la influencia de Le Corbusier en la formación arquitectónica y académica del autor. Este confronta su proyecto final como alumno (1959) con nueve obras de maestros y arquitectos destacados del siglo pasado que operaron como sus referentes y que pertenecían al llamado movimiento de arquitectura moderna.Las categorías analíticas aplicadas en la …
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Protagonistas del cambio. Conjuntos de viviendas de baja alturaConjuntos de v…
Este libro se basa en el interés por reconocer la identidad de la ciudad de Rosario y desarrolla sus múltiples visiones mediante indagaciones histórico-críticas y de índole proyectual. La aproximación se apoyó en un procedimiento gráfico-conceptual, relacionando teorías proyectuales, análisis de sectores urbanos, obras arquitectónicas, pinturas, fotografías y otros testimonios docum…
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DedicationThe Work of William P. Ginther, Ecclesiastical Architect
An illustrated compendium of a prolific designer of Ohio churches Akron-based architect William P. Ginther (1858–1933) designed sixty-three Roman Catholic churches, primarily in Ohio and Pennsylvania. Dedication is the first book to document his architectural designs. By combining historical images with twenty-first-century photographs, author Anthony J. Valleriano presents the most compre…
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Secret Gardens of East Anglia
The 22 gardens selected for Secret Gardens of East Anglia celebrate the culture, beauty and diversity of the counties of Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire and Essex, and all deserve to be better known. The big skies and the extraordinary light of East Anglia make it unlike anywhere else in Britain, and offer the most amazing natural conditions in which to create gardens. Introduced by eminent …
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Cathedrals of Britain: West, South West and Wales
**Pointing persistently to heaven: A guide to UK cathedrals**Rich, rolling countryside and historic towns, scenic coasts and picture-perfect landscapes. The west of England and Wales has many attractions, and not least of these are its cathedrals. Here youll find some of Britains finest and most awe-inspiring. From the countrys longest cathedral, at Winchester, to its smallest, at St Asaph. Fro…
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Cathedrals of Britain: North of England & Scotland
**Pointing persistently to heaven: A guide to UK cathedrals**Power, glory, bloodshed, prayer: cathedrals in the UK are as much about human drama as spiritual sanctuary, as much about political wrangling as religious fervor. From Christian beginnings in the Middle Ages through Reformation, Renaissance and Modernity, the great cathedrals of Britain have been both battleground and place of quiet r…
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Cathedrals of Britain: London and the South East
**Pointing persistently to heaven: A guide to UK cathedrals**Power, glory, bloodshed, prayer: cathedrals in the UK are as much about human drama as spiritual sanctuary, as much about political wrangling as religious fervour. From Christian beginnings in the Middle Ages through Reformation, Renaissance and Modernity, the great cathedrals of Britain have been both battleground and place of quiet …
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