Musica, color y arquitectura

Directory of the International Union of Architects, containing by-laws, ethics, competition regulations, committee meeting dates and locations, committee member listings, country member listings and a brief historical sketch of the union.

Análisis de la arquitectura militar de la ciudad de Sevilla, a través del estudio de cuarenta y dos edificios que en algún momento tuvieron un uso militar, ya fuera industrial, de almacenamiento, administrativo, hospitalario o residencial. Se trata de forma singular el Cuartel de la Puerta de la Carne, primer edificio diseñado y construido expresamente para uso residencial de la tropa, considerado como modelo de la arquitectura militar, incluso por sus coetáenos. En la actualidad es la sede administrativa de la Diputación Provincial de Sevilla.

Xavier Bordils (Castelló, 1939) has stood out for his contributions to promote and spread design, graphic design and packaging, as well as for his intense projectual activity. Convictions and preferences are summarised in the text that goes with his mark: ¿Xavier Bordils: anti-stylist design, graphic design, structural design, global design, utilitary design, industrial product design, sematic design, architectural design, design, blah, blah, blah.¿

Profusely illustrated, this historical work focuses on the planning and construction of the Plaza Mayor in Madrid, Spain, during the second half of the 16th century—when Madrid went from being a mercantile town to the capital of the Hapsburg Empire. Including a detailed analysis of archived documents, architectural plans, and drawings, this study chronicles this monument's architectural and urban development, explains the symbolism associated with it, and reveals how it came to be a model for other European constructions. Profusamente ilustrada, esta obra histórica enfoca el planeamiento y ...