Hablan los arquitectos

A complete vision of the paths and ideals of German-born architect (now New York resident) Simon Ungers's compelling work is documented in this wide-ranging survey that brings together examples from three categories--commissions, competitions, and installations--ranging from built houses to schemes for sculpture installations in art galleries. 80 color and b&w illustrations.

Text (in Spanish) and images complement each other to create a narrative thread that offers informative insights into the architect's intellectual and visual imagination and expands our understanding of Olgiati's oeuvre.

The remarkably prolific career of an innovative young Chilean architect is profiled in this engaging study. Born in 1965 and in professional practice since 1991, this architect's impact on his native landscape is observed mainly in a series of private houses located in some of the most sublime sites in Chile. The forceful yet austere character of his design approach and its radical relationship to surrounding landscape elements can be fully appreciated by viewing this book's fine pictorial panorama.

Debo justificar ante todos los posibles lectores el porqué elijo a un autor para incluirlo en la colección. Graciela Silvestri es un nombre en el campo disciplinar y sus alrededores, que la coloca como un referente obligado y nos obliga a preguntarnos: ¿qué opinará Graciela de esto? Su posición no ha sido aristocrática, habla con todos por igual. Graciela Silvestri ha hecho arquitectura a la par de todos aquellos que transformaron sus ideas en edificios. Su labor para muchos de los que acompañó en concursos construyendo relatos, ayudaron a comprender la arquitectura material que se...