El museo fuera de lugar

The Middle Ages constitute one of the darkest periods of humanity. European monarchs vying for their own interests and the relentless spread of the plague, or Black Death, consumed the lives of millions. Then, seemingly overnight, colossal monuments began soaring through the skies, dominating the heights ?the Gothic period had been born. In this book, Fern?ndez Bueno unveils some of the key enigmas that throughout the ages have been locked within the walls of cathedrals. Where and why they were built, their acoustics, symbology, legends, and alchemy. This is a magical voyage through the main...

The Design of the home continues to be of great interest to both architects and designers. How to configure a living space according to the characteristics of a site and the specification of the client is still the starting point of any house project. However, the final solutions can be as diverse as they can be interesting. This publication takes a specific look at the way architecture will evolve when regarding inhabitations around the world due to climatic changes and different cultural expectations.

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 ...

¿Qué pasó en las ciudades en la Sociedad del Conocimiento en la que fuimos entrando gradualmente? ¿Qué temores existían hace más de tres décadas, y cuáles se cumplieron? ¿Qué expectativas se formulaban? ¿Fueron satisfechas? ¿Qué nuevas tendencias no previstas fueron surgiendo a lo largo de estos años? Este libro fue escrito para tratar de responder a estos interrogantes. "I-Polis" se divide en cuatro partes. La primera, "Avances tecnológicos y transformaciones urbanas", reúne dos capítulos que tratan sobre los puntos históricos de inflexión de las tecnologías que...