Hablan los arquitectos

Estos tres arquitectos pertenecientes a la misma generación tienen un denominador común que es su profunda implicación en las tareas arquitectónicas que afectaron a los procesos de reforma llevados a cabo en la época de Guillermo II en Alemania, un periodo marcado por profundas transformaciones en todos los ámbitos de la vida en la sociedad alemana.

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 ...

La lectura d'un llibre és, d'alguna manera, una forma de passeig. En aquest, partim de tres textos a partir dels quals podem fer incursions per territoris limítrofes a l'arquitectura. És, doncs, un passeig intel·lectual, ja que compta amb una mirada especialment atenta, com és la mirada d'un arquitecte. Carlos Martí ens presenta fragments de Manuel Chaves, Agustina Bessa-Luís i John Berger que tenen una cosa en comú: l'ingredient autoreflexiu. La seva lectura aporta claus útils als professionals de l'arquitectura.

Describes the degree and license mechanisms for the professional practice of architecture in Peru from the first courses in the 19th century through the beginning of the 20th century, with a detailed presentation of the school formation of the architects from 1910 to 1950 in the School of Engineering of the university. The book was originally the author's masters thesis and won the prize "Héctor Velarde" during the XI Bienal Nacional de Arquitectura, organized in 2004 by CAP.