Enciclopedia de arquitectura Plazola

El llibre ens explica com, a partir dúna geometria simple i dún desenvolupament complex, seń fa láplicació constructiva a cadascuna de les parts del Temple. Aquest no és un llibre més sobre Gaudí, sinó que és el llibre que ens explica les claus de la modulació geomètrica de Gaudí, és a dir, el vocabulari per a entendre i prosseguir la Sagrada Família.

This number of the monographic series is dedicated to restoration specialist, architect and watercolor painter Villa Chávez (b. Mexico). This extensive study of Villa Chávez life and architecture is divided in 2 parts: the first reviews his academic career and his professional practice in Guadalajara and Colima. A second part reviews in detail his restoration projects, his architecture, his open space interventions and his pictorial production (watercolors and drawings). Amongst other academic contributions Villa Chávez founded the School of Architecture in the University of Colima and was ...

El libro presenta varias exploraciones referentes al universo simbólico de la ciudad, de su arquitectura, de sus objetos e imágenes, prestando atención a la manifestación de las representaciones alternativas que desafían a las representaciones instituidas. Pues todo aquello que se yergue como realidad para los múltiples integrantes de la sociedad nunca queda agotado por los diversos géneros discursivos instituidos o alternativos. Precisamente, una de las características de estos estudios reside en su vocación por integrar diferentes géneros discursivos, entendiendo que, por una...

This series was the winner of the American Institute of Architects' prestigious "Award for Excellence in International Book Publishing". Each volume in this series is introduced with an essay on the architect, and a chronological or stylistic presentation of their most outstanding buildings and projects. No other series provides such a complete and concise summary of the world's leading architects' works. The volumes are fully illustrated in black-and-white with photos and project renderings.