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A selection of the most prominent works of architecture selected by El Croquis with an introduction by Juan Antonio Cortés and an essay by William Curtis. Among the works are the Sendai Mediatheque by Toyo Ito, the Yokohama International Port Terminal by Foreign Office Architects, the Netherlands Embassy in Berlin by OMA-Rem Koolhaas, the Braga Municipal Stadium by Eduardo Souto de Moura, the Prada Aoyama Epicenter by Herzog & De Meuron, the Scottish Parliament building by EMBT, the Monastery of Our Lady of Novy Dvur by John Pawson, the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art expansion by Steven Holl,...

El objetivo de este libro consiste, pues, en intentar hacer evidente una actitud frente al proyecto arquitectónico que haga posible que la obra de arquitectura establezca una relación dialógica en su interpretación del entorno natural, social y cultural; que esté dotada de contenido poético y, además, que sea capaz de asimilar y transmitir la cultura de las distintas comunidades, anteponiendo siempre, en la obra final, los valores del ser humano a cualesquiera otros como condición intrínseca e indisociable de la propia finalidad o razón de ser de la obra arquitectónica. Aalto...

"Taking over the baton from their mentor and friend Eduardo Chillida, the architects Juan Carlos Sancho (San Sebastián, 1957) and Sol Madridejos (Madrid, 1958) have pursued a sensitive dialectic between matter and void that lies at the foundations of a fertile formal laboratory, one where the fold is an instrument with great potential in the attainment of structural, spatial, and material coherence. In these pages Arquitectura Viva presents a selection of four Spanish works – ranging from a small chapel to a large educational complex – in which the duo composes variations on the same...

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 ...