El imaginario en la génesis del proyecto arquitectonico

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,...

Vienna's once exalted status as the showpiece of an empire is reflected in the elegance and monumentality of its architecture. But behind and beyond the stately façades, design innovations are transforming interiors and resulting in exciting new residential and commercial buildings being constructed at the city's edges. This user-friendly little guide profiles some of the most notable projects built during the last few years and includes color photographs and a site map. Another in teNeues' authoritative series of pocket guides to recent architecture in cities around the world Includes color ...

Hospitals and health centers are a unique category of architecture with clearly defined characteristics. Health architecture must offer imaginative, constructive responses and flexible solutions to the problems raised by this special and flexible solutions to the problems raised by this special type of facility: planning, budgets and space as well as the idiosyncrasies arising from each particular field of health. New Health Facilities presents the best examples of health architecture constructed in recent years and each of the architects demonstrates a solid understanding of the need to...

Desde las primeras décadas del siglo XX la fotografía ha sido un aliado esencial de la arquitectura, para su desarrollo, su enseñanza y su aprendizaje. En los últimos años, las dinámicas entre ambas disciplinas sólo han hecho que aumentar gracias a la aparición de nuevas prácticas que plantean desafíos tanto al hacer del arquitecto como al del fotógrafo. Con este libro se pretende contribuir al avance en la comprensión de los modos de mirar de uno y otro y de sus mutuas repercusiones. El volumen reúne contribuciones realizadas desde España, México, Chile, Ecuador, Brasil y...