Sagrada Familia s. XXI

Widely thought to be the greatest American architect, Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) was a true pioneer, both artistically and technically. At a time when reinforced concrete and steel were considered industrial building materials, Wright boldly made use of them to build private homes. His prairie house concept - that of a low, sprawling home based upon a simple L or T figure - was the driving force behind some of his most famous houses and became a model for rural architecture across America. Wright’s designs for office and public buildings were equally groundbreaking and unique. From...

Brief overview of ObregÑn's (b. Mexico) work as one of the most influencial Mexican born architects of the 20th century.

Cuál es la lógica de crecimiento de las ciudades en unas circunstancias de globalización económica y cultural? A partir de una reinterpretación del concepto de ciudad desde la teoría de sitemas -dejando de lado el criterio tradicional de ciudad para centrarse en el metropolitano-, el autor hace una aproximación a las pautas que rigen la evolución de seis grandes áreas urbanas españolas (Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Sevilla, Bilbao y el área central de Asturias) durante los últimos veinte años, comparándolas con las detectadas en otros países, especialmente en los Estados...

City and Architecture, Six generations who built up the modern Latin America comes from the architecture and urban planning history developed in the Latin-American area between 1885 and 1975. This is an organized work from a method called by the author generational, which covers 90 years (six generations). The names of those generations, that each one of them covers a period of 15 years, are gathered together in the chapters names of the book. The exposition of the context of each historic period is connected with the analysis of the architecture work, which offers a wide outlook of the...