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London is famous for Big Ben; Paris for the Eiffel Tower; Rome for the Colosseum. Barcelona, on the other hand, is not identified by one or two famous buildings as these other European cities, but rather by an entire movement of turn-of-the-century architecture known simply as Modernisme. Familiar to Americans as art nouveau, its most famous practitioner was the artist and architect Antoni Gaudi. But the city is filled with superb examples of art nouveau in vivid color in Barcelona Art Nouveau. This book offers a tour of 46 houses, public buildings, and monuments in the art-nouveau style,...

The present edition publishes part of the research papers presented during the "Seminario de Investigación Arquitectura para la Producción" organized by the university of Michoacán between 2001 and 2002 that included the participation of national and international academics. The book gathers 23 collective and individual multidisciplinary works that examine from various perspectives the history of architecture in rural areas. Works are mainly focused in the colonial territory of the ex-bishopry of Michoacán divided in 4 main topics: Space, settlements, technology and environment and...

Quizás la evidencia más tangible a raíz de la globalización ha sido la confusión en los límites que solían definir la identidad urbana y la rural. Su gradual erosión dio paso a la proliferación de los suburbios. Buenos Aires, con el avenimiento de reformas económicas desde los tempranos 90` atravesó transformaciones radicales. ¿Qué nuevas tipologías y figuraciones han emergido de ellas? ¿Cuáles son sus reglas y dinámicas? Y, sobre todo, ¿en qué se basan sus potenciales? Este libro documenta un proyecto de investigación en urbanismo que intenta retratar este escenario...

This series is the best reference available for information on today's leading architects, and presents their work in an affordable and thoroughly illustrated format. Each book begins with an overview of the architect's style and accomplishments written by a leading architecture critic. Then, approximately twenty noteworthy works and projects are discussed by the architect and presented in detail with site plans, drawings, and black-and-white photographs.