Viviendas unifamiliares

Este libro trata de cómo percibimos las cosas que nos rodean y, en especial, la arquitectura. Con un lenguaje claro y preciso, el autor va describiendo las sensaciones que experimentamos ante los objetos cotidianos, desde una taza de té hasta una raqueta de tenis, para tratar de explicar así cómo se puede disfrutar mejor de los edificios que configuran nuestro entorno.

La palabra offshore tiene dos acepciones. La primera significa literalmente en el mar, alejado de la costa, y la segunda hace alusión a lo hecho, situado o registrado en el extranjero, especialmente para obtener beneficios de menores costes o impuestos, o de una regulación menos estricta. Habitamos nuestro día a día a través de personas, fuentes de energía, servicios y productos llevados lejos de nuestra costa y operando fuera de nuestra ley. Resulta difícil reparar en estas arquitecturas, ya sea porque permanecen convenientemente ocultas como porque hayamos asimilado su existencia con ...

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,...

Taking as a starting point a design for a mobile theater made at the Architectural Association of London between 1970 and1971 by Spanish architect Javier Navarro de Zuvillaga (born 1942), this book traces the architectural counterculture of that time and the relations with the alternative performing arts. Architect Javier Navarro de Zuvillaga (1942) graduated in 1968 at Madrid School of Architecture. During the academic year 1970-1971 he travelled from Madrid to London thanks to a grant of the British Council to complete his postgraduate training at the Architectural Association. There he...