Vienna

Javier Senosiain¹s architecture is always a discovery and, undoubtedly, a surprise that causes intrigue and certain restlessness; it is full of questions particularly for those of us who were formed on the functional rational school where, it should be said, he was formed with us. The questions are accumulated when opening this book of his work as it happened when reading his book of bioarchitecture. In the integral and modern Mexican architecture society, these unusual gestures are not so frequent and, since the appearance of the above mentioned works, a growing surprise has accompanied the ...

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.

Estructuralismo y experimentación en la arquitectura de los 60 quiere mostrar la trascendencia de la modernidad en la cultura de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria durante el siglo XX, en particular desde el campo afecto de la arquitectura. Por ello valora las propuestas que, a partir de 1955, plantean la regeneración de los estilos dominantes, coincidiendo con la movilización de una nueva generación de arquitectos que se puso en marcha, en toda España, para crear, de manera activa, puentes con las corrientes internacionales de la segunda modernidad.

Este completo trabajo, realizado con una moderna metodología y desde aspectos pocas veces contemplados en profundidad, sorprende por lo novedoso de su planteamiento, fuera de unas coordinadas meramente tipológicas, biográficas o cronológicas como viene siendo usual en la mayoría de los estudios españoles del siglo XIX.