È magico il momento di arredare casa, che sia la prima, per la nuova vita in coppia o da single, oppure quella ristrutturata o ancora quella che ha la necessità di rinnovare gli spazi esistenti. Quando si sogna questo momento, grande è l’entusiasmo, che però si smorza appena insorgono dubbi su scelte, decisioni e problematiche di varia natura. Questo libro e la…
Beginning in the 1950s, an explosion in rural-urban migration dramatically increased the population of cities throughout Peru, leading to an acute housing shortage and the proliferation of self-built shelters clustered in barriadas, or squatter settlements. Improvised Cities examines the history of aided self-help housing, or technical assistance to self-builders, which took on a variety of for…
A Financial Times Best Book of the Year A Guardian Best Architecture Book of the Year "Sharp, revealing, funny." —The Guardian "An original and even occasionally hilarious book about losing ideals and finding them again… [De Graaf] deftly shows that architecture cannot be better or more pure than the flawed humans who make it." —The Economist Architecture, we like to believe, is an ele…
This first paperback facsimile of the classic 1913 edition includes thirteen photographs and numerous illustrations of the great cathedrals of Northern France. Henry Adams referred to this book as "A Study of Thirteenth-Century Unity," and its expansive scope, together with the author's deep understanding of the period, makes it a classic in art history as well as in American literature. He wro…
Once narraciones crÃticas para cuestionar el entorno, resignificar la vida y reconocer una profesión cada vez más humana. Mirar el entorno a través de una narrativa autobiográfica con ojos curiosos que observan la complejidad del existir, del hacer y del crear. Una explosión de preguntas basadas en la esperanza de un mundo prometedor, y un montón de reflexiones de la estremecedora realid…