Simon Ungers

El edificio Kursaal, de San Sebastián, firmado por el arquitecto español Rafael Moneo, ha sido galardonado con el Premio Manuel de la Dehesa, dentro de la exposición "VI Bienal de Arquitectura Española 1999-2000", que se ha celebrado en Logroño. Esta exposición ha sido organizada por el Ministerio de Obras Públicas, Consejo Superior de Arquitectos, Universidad Menéndez Pelayo y Universidad de Alcalá y patrocinada por la Agencia de Desarrollo Económico de La Rioja (ADER) del Gobierno Regional y el Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de La Rioja. El presidente del Colegio Oficial de...

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 ...

A detailed study that examines the architecture of Fernando Martínez Sanabria (b. Spain, lived and worked in Colombia since 1938- d. 1991) throughout one of his most recognized buildings: the building of the Caja Agraria (1965) located in Barranquilla. The author examines this commercial project from its initial design process and proposes an analytical view of the building through its anatomical construction systems of light and semi-darkness developed by architect Martínez Sanabria.