Umberto Riva

- Martin Parr (b.1952) is one of the best-known and most influential British photographers working today, acclaimed for his frank chronicling of life and society - This introductory monograph charts Parr's entire career including early black and white photographs, unpublished images made over the last five years, and works from all his major projects, including The Last Resort and Think of England - Parr is a prolific book-maker and collector, as well as a long-standing member of the Magnum Photos agency. This new title is an affordable companion to his other Phaidon publications which...

"Architecture & Design Australia" is a new survey of Australian Architecture that takes an expansive look at over 50 builings, from private dwellings to public monuments, and includes many award-winning projects that have helped shape the energetic state of Australian design today. It is fair to say that the diversity of the Australian continent shapes the complexity of its architecture, and it is these ingredients that continue to set the scene for the country's exciting architectural language. An index with contact information of the featured architects and designers is enclosed.

En este volumen de la Coleccion Arquitectura y Humanidades, los autores nos acercan a reflexionar no solo en la genesis y cualidades de la casa, sino tambien nos hablan de las numerosas atrocidades que cometen los propios espacios domesticos contemporaneos a sus ocupantes porque no se miro por el ser humano en su esencia, en su necesidad de cobijo, de resguardo, de intimidad, de privacia, sino que, en nuestra creciente e imparable cultura urbana, el principal interes es el economico."

Las ventajas compositivas y constructivas de la fachada ventilada explican su rápida difusión. Emergen ofertas de productos y sistemas desde los orígenes más dispersos del sector. Estos brindan la posibilidad de industrializar el cerramiento y liberar la imagen del edificio. Pero esa diversidad de orígenes e intereses provoca cierta confusión en la síntesis de soluciones.