Carlo Scarpa

A study of Bogota viewed as a museum (outside of the traditional museum). This work offers a critical look at modern city through a series of tours through downtown Bogotá, specifically on Seventh Avenue between Calles 11 and 16 that was transformed from Bogotazo through an urban renewal project. It turned the area into a paradigm of what should be a modern Bogotá. The book discusses the aesthetic character of its architecture, the connections between traditional museums, and reaffirmed the principles of order and functionality of the modern movement and led to rules that have sought...

La Fachada Infinita es un libro de experiencias reales, es un libro de fachadas que siempre están en pleno desarrollo. Dirigido a aquellos profesionales que ansían conocer o mejorar la imagen de su negocio y por qué no, a profesionales que mejoran la imagen de los demás. En resumen, para Todos!

In the immediate postwar years, a new type of modern architecture emerges. Beatriz Colomina presents domesticity as a potent new weapon in a changed architectural battlefield. This architecture becomes the property of the middle-class consumer bombarded with images of domestic bliss, a lifestyle campaign launched through recycled military techniques. The significance of architects like Charles and Ray Eames lies in their sensitivity to buildings and images both defining space. Colomina is Director of Princeton University's Architecture PhD program and acclaimed author of Privacy and Publicity ...

Este libro intenta acompañar las nacientes investigaciones con las ya conocidas de la Filosofía como la madre que alberga y de la cual se desprenden la Ciencia como saber primero y luego a partir del Renacimiento como Ciencia Experimental y productiva que al mismo tiempo que comprende mejor el mundo natural, se cree en el deber y la responsabilidad de explotarla en beneficio del hombre y la humanidad sin medir las consecuencias.