Sagrada Familia s. XXI

El contenido del libre responde en su desarollo al titulo que lo antecede, ya que ofrece una interpretació nueva de la iglesia y convento de San Francisco desde diversas perspectivas cientificas : históricas, analiticas y arquitectónica. Se ha descompuesto metodológicamente el conjuto fraciscano en sus componentes más importantes ; y de cade uno se hace la interpretación integral. Los histórico vigente a mediados del siglo XX. Ha sido necesario revisar en profundidad la versión histórica tradicional refente a San Francisco para adecuarla al progreso de las investigaciones históricas ...

El Movimiento Moderno, nacido a principios del siglo XX y liderado por Le Corbus ier, propugna un mayor racionalismo y funcionalismo en la arquitectura. Este cua rto volumen de la colección Documentos de arquitectura moderna en América Latina se centra en la vivienda social construida entre 1950 y 1965 en Argentina, Bras il, Chile y México bajo las directrices de esta escuela. Fruto del proyecto del Grupo de Investigación FORM, que dirige Teresa Rovira, el libro recoge varias re flexiones sobre el objeto de estudio y una muestra representativa de proyectos.

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,...

How much importance do we give to the settings in which we live, sleep and relax when we go travelling? Nowadays travel usually means spending time in hotels, and these establishments have set about specializing in order to satisfy the varied needs of their guests. In this book we have sought to open a window on today's highly innovative hotels by showcasing some particularly attractive examples from all over the world. All the hotels that we have gathered together are united by a quest for up-to-date design aimed at providing a welcome for business travelers or tourists.