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Saenz De Oiza y Torres BlancasUna torre en plural
La visita al edificio Torres Blancas pareceri´a obligada en un paseo arquitecto´nico por la ciudad de Madrid. Lo es tambie´n si pensamos en un recorrido conceptual por la Arquitectura espan~ola surgida tras el Movimiento Moderno. La aspiracio´n de la de´cada que transcurre desde 1960 a 1970, resumida en esta torre como ciudad-jardi´n vertical, se enfrenta en parte a una doble dificultad, …
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Hogares heredados
Tomando la región de Galicia como fuente de inspiración, Hogares Heredados es una invitación a realizar un viaje, si estamos convencidos de nuestros orígenes, cualquiera sea nuestra cultura, por el camino que realizaron nuestros ancestros, a través de las sucesivas migraciones a lo largo del tiempo y la evolución de sus viviendas hasta la actualidad. Es un breve análisis entre otras cosa…
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The Chicago Water Tower
Contaminated drinking water killed thousands of Chicago's original citizens, so the city took the unprecedented step of digging a tunnel two miles long and 30 feet below lake bottom. Since the facilities on shore included an unsightly 138-foot vertical pipe, famed architect William Boyington concealed it with a limestone, castle-like tower that soon became a celebrated landmark. Through the fir…
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Diccionario de arquitectura voces teóricas
Antoine-Chrysostome Quatremère de Quincy (1755-1849) fue un arqueólogo, filósofo, crítico de arte y hombre político francés. Estuvo involucrado en los temas de la Revolución Francesa. Fue secretario de la Academia de Bellas Artes y profesor de arqueología de la Biblioteca Nacional de Francia. Autor de numerosos artículos y libros y, entre 1788 y 1825 editó el Dictionnaire d''Architect…
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La cattedrale di TerracinaLa chiesa, il fregio del portico, l'icona dell'Assunta
La Cattedrale di Terracina di Maria Elena Catelli è un saggio di storia dell'arte e, nello stesso tempo, un emozionante viaggio alla scoperta di questo edificio sacro, dei suoi elementi architettonici, delle sue sculture e dei suoi aspetti decorativi, che con la loro ricca simbologia parlano della storia della cristianità. Opere che parlano il linguaggio dell'arte sacra che era ben comprensib…
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Herramientas matematicasPara la Arquitectura y el diseño
Mientras que la matemática trabaja con espacios y conceptos abstractos, el diseño opera sobre espacios concretos, los que habita el hombre con sus objetos cotidianos. Este libro aborda los puntos de contacto entre estos dos campos: desarrolla contenidos de la disciplina matemática aplicándolos a temas directamente vinculados al quehacer de arquitectos y diseñadores. El eclecticismo del con…
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Vanished Houston Landmarks
Although it is sometimes called a town without a history, Houston actually possesses the kind of sprawling past that includes a frontier port, a moon landing and a supermarket that contributed to the fall of the Soviet Union. In fact, there is so much history that much has been forgotten. Visit the landmarks of that neglected heritage, from the Cotton Exchange to Astroworld. Dropping in on lege…
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Milano ordina: uccidete BorsellinoL'estate che cambiò la nostra vita
19 luglio 1992: Borsellino viene assassinatoA distanza di ventinove anni rimangono il doloroso vuoto della perdita, lo strazio delle famiglie, l'inesauribile scia delle polemiche per la nebbia, che ancora circonda la strage di via D'Amelio. Ma continuiamo a ignorare chi azionò il timer e dove fosse nascosto. L'ultimo processo, il Borsellino quater, nel 2019 ha indicato in Vittorio Tutino uno d…
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Evergreen Cemetery of Santa Cruz
Created in 1858, the Evergreen Cemetery provided a final resting place for a multitude of Santa Cruz's adventurers, entrepreneurs and artists. The land was a gift from the Imus family, who'd narrowly escaped the fate of the Donner Party more than a decade earlier and had already buried two of their own. Alongside these pioneers, the community buried many other notables, including London Nelson,…
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Building MaterialsMaterial Theory and the Architectural Specification
At a time of unprecedented levels of change in the production of building materials and their deployment in construction, better theoretical and historical tools are needed to understand these new developments and how they are altering the practices and concepts of architecture. Building Materials offers a radical rethink of how materials, as they are constituted in architectural practice, are …
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