Ciudad y arquitectura

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,...

La ciudad invisible nos invita a explorar de manera inédita los edificios en los que vivimos, las calles que recorremos y las aceras por las que andamos, examinando los orígenes y otras historias fascinantes que hay detrás de todos aquellos objetos familiares que permiten el buen funcionamiento de nuestra sociedad, desde las redes eléctricas y las fuentes de agua, hasta las señales de las calles. Magníficamente ilustrado, este libro cautivará a cualquiera que sienta curiosidad por el diseño, el urbanismo y las maravillas desconocidas del mundo que les rodea. « La ciudad invisible...

Este catalogo recorre cronologicamente la obra construida desde 1959 hasta 1992 por el arquitecto Umberto Riva con despacho profesional en su ciudad natal.

As part of the celebration of the Symposium "Shell and Spatial Structures: New Materials and Technologies, New Designs and Innovations -- A Sustainable Approach to Architectural and Structural Design" of the International Association of Special Structures (IASS-SLTE) held October 23-31, 2008 in Acapulco, the Faculty of Architecture of the UNAM developed 3 projects specifically for the occasion: 1) An exhibition of representative scale models of the "golden age" (1950-1975) of the construction of reinforced concrete shells in Mexico; 2) A documentary featuring the characteristics and evolution ...