Bresciani Valdés Castillo Huidobro

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.

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,...

Este libro es un manual práctico y de fácil lectura sobre la construcción del espacio público de acuerdo a criterios de responsabilidad medioambiental, convirtiéndolo de ese modo, en un captador, gestor y optimizador de recursos para la ciudad. El manual destinado a los alumnos del grado de Arquitectura de la UPC y también puede ser de interés a alumnos de postgrado y profesionales del sector. Se estructura en cinco áreas: agua, verde, material, energía y atmósfera. Cada área cuenta con dos apartados: el primero de conceptos generales, donde se exponen casos de éxito reales e...

Es un libro sobre la obra de Antonio Gaudí con datos inéditos de algunos de sus edificios y su análisis según los cinco principios clave del construir arquitectónico, los cuales se sintetizan en la conveniencia estética, presidida en la obra de Gaudí por la idea de continuidad determinante de su radical originalidad arquitectónica.