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¿Hasta qué punto el edificio del museo debe ser también una creación artística? El protagonismo de las realizaciones arquitectónicas para el arte contemporáneo en España en las últimas décadas ha disparado la polémica funcionalidad versus artisticidad de la arquitectura del museo. El libro plantea un análisis arquitectónico y museográfico de los museos y centros de arte contemporáneo en España desde su aparición a finales del siglo xix hasta nuestros días, sin desvincular este proceso del contexto internacional. El museo de arte contemporáneo es una realidad conceptual,...

It was in his home in Oak Park that Frank Lloyd Wright made his first contributions to the Modern movement. In 1889 he designed the first part of the house, in 1895 he added to it for his wife, Catherine, and their family, and in 1898 for his architectural practice. The entire building was a learning laboratory of modern architecture. While not a Prairie School house, it led to the development of the Prairie School. Wrights constant changes to this complex paralleled the evolution of his early architectural work and career. There, with his young assistants, he rethought the plan, spaces,...

Mallol is an architectural design center that functions under the lead of its director and promoter, Panamanian architect Ignacio Mallol Tamayo. This edition examines 25 year of professional operations of the largest architectural firm in Central America and illustrates, with more than 270 color images, representative examples of Latin American 21st century architecture, highlighting the firm's most representative buildings: Le Cube Mallol, one of the early designs (where Mallol plays with forms, space and symetry), a clear example of the type of large constructions that would later...

Propuesta para el desarrollo del currículo de educación musical desde una perspectiva basada en la creación, en la que el alumnado aprende música componiendo, interpretando y reflexionando sobre sus propias obras. El libro se acompaña de un disco compacto que recoge algunos de los ejemplos musicales citados en el texto.