Prefactibilidad de proyectos arquitectónicos

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...

"Barcelona" presents a study-in text and photographic image-of one of the most architecturally fascinating and impressive cities in the world. From the Gaudí cathedral to Albert Viaplana and Helio Piñón's recent Centre de Cultura Contemporània, from the Palau de la Musica to the Dali Museum, what we find is a city whose magnificent strength lies in the coexistence of its amazingly diverse and historically disparate variety of structures. The city of Barcelona absorbs new influences and maintains traditions organically, avoiding a sense of fragmentation for a sense of exuberance and...

Este libro reúne una colección de escritos de Ignacio Vicens y Hualde, uno de los más prestigiosos arquitectos y catedráticos de la Escuela de Arquitectura de Madrid. Poseedor de una vasta y profunda cultura, tiene además la capacidad de dar salida a toda esta sabiduría, con la mayor naturalidad del mundo. Siempre se le entiende a la perfección. Busca y consigue el instruir deleitando, perseguido por los clásicos. Cuando en un escrito de esta colección hace un provocativo "Elogio de la crisis", lo hace con tal gracia que acabamos convencidos de que somos unos privilegiados por esta...

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.