Hacia un urbanismo alternativo

Barcelona, con su historia milenaria y su ubicación singular en el corredor mediterráneo constituye una ciudad de compleja evolución urbanística. El libro recoge los hechos cruciales de la historia urbana así como la arquitectura de la cuidad. El presente volumen está estructurado en tres capítulos que ordenan la historia y la arquitectura de Barcelona en tres escalas

This volume features 25 architectural works constructed in Chile by architect Valdés between 1963 and 2007. It also comprises a series of texts that the author gathered after several conversations with the architect from 2001 to 2006, in a first-hand account of the creative process established by the architect about design, material, construction and space.

The bathroom is no longer given over solely to personal hygiene, but instead has become a room in which freedom of design and expression can be achieved. This book features some of the most practical designs which still manage to integrate aesthetic qualities.

Barcelona 1992-2004 offers a selection of chronologically arranged projects that provide an overview of the period that commences with the 1992 Olympic Games and culminates in the huge cultural event that is the Universal Forum of Cultures-Barcelona 2004. The selection has focused in particular on projects involving the city’s openness to the sea and those which have managed to adapt to its existing residential fabric. Presented as separate chapters are projects for new high-rise buildings and schemes for the 22@ plan and the Universal Forum of Cultures. The selection is preceded by a text...