Hablan los arquitectos

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.

Known until recently for such public facilities as the Zamora Municipal Museum, the Castellón Fine Arts Museum and the León Auditorium, over the last few years Mansilla + Tuñón have developed a number of projects in which urban scale and the problems of inhabiting in the contemporary city assume more and more importance. In this issue of 2G we present the (almost) complete works of these Madrid architects, works grouped around the basic ideas which define their projects, namely memory and the city, system and restrictions, sameness and difference, and lastly trace and landscape. These...

Having graduated from Cornell University, Richard Meier established his own architectural firm in New York City in 1963, around a group known as the "Five Architects" of New York. This book includes 70 works and projects, chronologically ordered, from his first private houses around New York, to the most recent cultural centres, museums, corporate buildings and city planning for different cities in Europe, Asia and USA. This book, abundantly illustrated and documented, offers a chronological survey, from the first houses in the Hamptons to the most recent buildings including the Getty Center...

Analiza la evolucion, montaje y desarrollo de dispositivos microprogramables, partiendo de los circuitos digitales basicos hasta los ordenadores actuales, tratando las tecnologias digitales y los equipos informaticos.