Arquitectura moderna monumental

The book Did Someone Say Participate? has been published by the MIT Press in the year 2006. dpr-barcelona going on with it's philosophy to share interesting contents with our readers and having noticed that this amazing book talks about the most actual and contemporary topics (as it is participation and social projects with personal involvement, looking for a chance to make radical change in today’s cities) has decided to translate and distribute the book all over the world, especially in Latin America and Spain, to bring all Spanish-speakers the chance to get to know all the great projects ...

Desde los origenes de la humanidad, la arquitectura ha cumplido como primera funcion la proteccion contra los elementos atmosfericos. Los edificios son barreras contra la lluvia, el viento, refugios contra el frio o filtros contra el calor o la luz. Este libro pretende estudiar la variedad y complejidad de situaciones climaticas en todo el planeta. Ante cualquier condicion climatica, lo que la arquitectura pretende siempre es conseguir cierto grado de confortabilidad. La consecucion de cierto nivel de bienestar resulta, en la practica, un fenomeno complejo en la que intervienen numerosos...

History of the construction of Caracas between 1937 and 1957. Based on interviews with local architects, engineers, urban planners, entrepreneurs and government officials.

Having graduated from Cornell University, Richard Meier established his own architectural firm in New York City in 1963, around a group known as the "Five Architects" of New York. This book includes 70 works and projects, chronologically ordered, from his first private houses around New York, to the most recent cultural centres, museums, corporate buildings and city planning for different cities in Europe, Asia and USA. This book, abundantly illustrated and documented, offers a chronological survey, from the first houses in the Hamptons to the most recent buildings including the Getty Center...