Detalles constructivos de la arquitectura doméstica contemporánea

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...

Traces the career of the turn of the century Spanish architect, shows his designs for homes, apartments, schools, and churches, and discusses his unique, organic style

Brief study of the rich architectonic and topographic expressions of the one-family houses and the collective dwelling constructed during the 20th century in México. During this post-Revolution period the mass options became models of good taste, functionality and technological possibilities for the growing urban spaces.

La arquitectura es un delirio de poder, un desvarío del deseo de organizar la vida de los otros, que se vincula a la producción industrial-mercantil y a la justificación posterior de su pertinencia. Pero los edificios pueden entenderse sin arquitectura, como cajas que contienen escenarios tipificados para que en su interior se puedan reproducir comportamientos colectivizados. Este enfoque, permite acercarse a las viviendas como laberintos ritualizadores que basan su organización en la distribución de papeles activos entre los miembros de los grupos que los tienen que ocupar. El presente...