A partir de 1933, el barrio de Rehavia, en Jerusalén, establecido como ciudad jardín a principios de la década de 1920, se convirtió en el epicentro de la comunidad judeoalemana de Israel. Allí llegaron entre otros los escritores Else Lasker-Schüler, Gershom Scholem y Martin Buber huyendo de la persecución nazi y, junto a muchos de sus compatriotas, crearon un auténtico microcosmos germ…
Este libro parte de la idea de que hay un orden natural y que, para el arquitecto, la habitabilidad es su responsabilidad ética con el bienestar del ser humano y del medio ambiente. Este libro enseña cómo hacer habitables los espacios, cómo construir atmósferas para el bienestar de las personas. Sistemas de habitabilidad es un esfuerzo colectivo de profesores de Arquitectura e Ingeniería,…
2023 Finalist, PROSE Award in Architecture and Urban Planning A guide to water-focused and climate-resilient architectural and urban design. Le Corbusier famously said, "A house is a machine for living in." We now confront the litany of environmental challenges associated with the legacy of the architectural machine: a changing climate, massive species die-off, diminished air and water qualit…
Al Black Mountain College, la scuola sperimentale nel North Carolina che aveva accolto i coniugi Albers in fuga dal nazismo, Anni era solita ripetere ai suoi studenti: «Bisogna esplorare luoghi dove nessuno prima di noi è mai stato». Un atteggiamento spregiudicato che non doveva tuttavia precludere uno sguardo retrospettivo capace di misurare i progressi fatti nel campo delle arti e del desi…
Una guía para vivir de la arquitectura de forma libre, estable y próspera, escrita por la fundadora de Líderes para la Arquitectura, la mayor comunidad hispanohablante de arquitectura y estrategia de negocio.Qué significa ser arquitecto hoy. Cómo funciona el mercado de la arquitectura. Cómo diseñar una verdadera propuesta de valor. Cómo liderar la venta, el dinero y los negocios. Cómo …
Este libro ahonda en una época definitiva en la vida de Rogelio Salmona. Testimonios, documentos de archivo e imágenes complementan e ilustran los hechos más relevantes ocurridos en la etapa previa a su ejercicio profesional en Colombia y anticipan su consecuente postura y los planteamientos de su arquitectura y de su idea de ciudad. En conversación con el arquitecto, recupera experiencias …
Focusing on a private collection of 60 postcards of modern architecture in Mumbai, New Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai and Agra, the contributors to this volume explore the many dimensions of modern architecture in India from the 1890s to the 1970s and share their own perspective on these objects. Experts on architectural history and visual studies, as well as postcard collectors provide new insights i…
Architecture Constructed explores the central, open secret of architecture: the long-suppressed conflict between arche and teckton -between those who design, and those who build. This unresolved tension has a centuries-old history in the discipline, persisting through Classical and Renaissance times to the present day, and yet it has rarely been addressed through a historical and theoretical le…
Explore the famous historical gardens of Melbourne Hall, widely considered one of the most treasured historical gardens in England. The garden is admired for its natural tunnel made up of the sweeping branches of an ancient yew tree, as well as its wrought iron arbour created by Robert Bakewell (known as the ‘Birdcage’, which made Bakewell famous, but also left him penniless). The…
The spider spinning its web in a dark corner; wasps building a nest under a roof: there is hardly any part of the built environment that can't be inhabited by nonhumans, and yet we are extremely selective as to which animals we allow in or keep out. This book considers many different animals, opening up new ways of thinking about architecture and the more-than-human. Looking closely at how anim…