Utopía de cristal

Sobre la condición monumental en el contexto de la arquitectura moderna pareciera que la única constante reside en la disparidad y la fragmentación sobre la cuestión. Este trabajo recopila algunos episodios asociados con aquella arquitectura que respondieron al interés sobre como definir y formalizar ese asunto que -paradójicamente- estaba confinado a las antípodas del paradigma. La idea de lo monumental, la definición de monumentalidad y -más aun- su expresión a través de la arquitectura encendió ́ debates, genero ́ utopías y concreto ́ ciertos espacios que constituyen la...

Architectural study on the religious buildings of collective character built by the Jewish community of Buenos Aires in the 19t and 20th centuries and where the synagogues are the best examples. Their choices of architectural styles or languages responded to the historic moment when these buildings were constructed and respond to the preferences of each group according to their origin or its constructors or architects. The study analyses their morphology, mostly monumental, outside the city limits, and loaded inside and outside with ornaments and visible symbols of Judaism.

One of two most anticipated rooms of a house (the other is the master bathroom) is the kitchen. It's the interior space where most value can be added during a sale and the space that most homeowners wish to make the heart of the home. This book features over 100 contemporary kitchen designs to suit all sizes, shapes, and ages of house.

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...