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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...

A major study and analysis of historic architecture and architectural styles in Puerto Rico from the colonial to modern.

Este libro recopila, por primera vez en español en una obra conjunta, la parte más significativa del trabajo escrito realizado por Jean Rodolphe Perronet (1708-1794) así como la totalidad de las láminas de dichos trabajos. La obra de Perronet, originalmente publicada en Francia en 1782 por la Imprenta Real sigue siendo poco conocida hoy en día. Su trabajo es parte del desarrollo general de la ingeniería francesa de las estructuras del s. XVIII. Obsesionado por modernizar puentes y caminos, en una constante búsqueda de progreso sobrepasando los límites del arco de piedra, con un gran...

A study of each phase of the prolific trajectory of architect Pani (b. Mexico). A strong follower of Le Corbusier principles and whose modernist and grand scale urban and construction designs allowed him to construct in Mexico the first international hotel, the first multi family housing complex, the first condominium and the first satellite city. His architectural legacy includes more than 130 projects covering all types of buildings: housing, schools, hospitals, airports, commercial, office and urban, designs. All photographs (black and white 8x10 plaques ) in this catalogue were shot by...