El agua en Toledo y su entorno

La vivienda −como objeto de estudio de la arquitectura− está sujeta a constantes transformaciones en las cuales intervienen diferentes condicionantes tales como la evolución de las costumbres y el concepto de intimidad, entre otros. La civilización fue modificando sus características en pos de mejorar la calidad de vida de sus ocupantes. Así, la reformulación del habitar genera un impacto sensible en su uso. En este texto se presentan algunos casos de remodelaciones de casas conducidas por arquitectos destacados, donde se buscó la puesta en valor− ya potenciado por el proyecto...

Adolf Loos (1870-1933), riconosciuto come uno dei più significanti profeti dell'architettura moderna, era una star dei suoi tempi, conosciuto come un dandy audace e moralista che sfidava l'establishment. Le sue opere rappresentano non solo l'inizio del modernismo, ma introdussero anche il concetto di architettura degli spazi. Loos pubblicò anche numerosi saggi durante la sua vita, il più notevole dei quali è lo spesso incompreso "Ornament and crime". Annotation Supplied by Informazioni Editoriali

Like no other international metropolis, New York succeeds in following the latest architectural and design trends and still maintains her unmistakable face. This second edition and guide New York introduces up-to-the-minute, finished projects and buildings still under construction in and around Manhattan and features the Big Apple's most popular restaurants, shops and hotels. The guide includes addresses, a map and comprehensive index. Book jacket.

An architecture school celebrates its 10th anniversary by publishing representative student work, but concerned with how readers often fail to acknowledge and ultimately disregard the relevance of student ideas, reducing them to mere image-making. Instead of listing projects by type or name, it was decided they would be presented in question format (bilingually), underlining the importance of inquiry over image. Question entries numbered from 1 to 100 (grouped by theme) predetermined the books format. Elegance (it is about architecture) and informality (but also about students) had to be...