Ciudades imaginadas en la literatura y en las artes

In the immediate postwar years, a new type of modern architecture emerges. Beatriz Colomina presents domesticity as a potent new weapon in a changed architectural battlefield. This architecture becomes the property of the middle-class consumer bombarded with images of domestic bliss, a lifestyle campaign launched through recycled military techniques. The significance of architects like Charles and Ray Eames lies in their sensitivity to buildings and images both defining space. Colomina is Director of Princeton University's Architecture PhD program and acclaimed author of Privacy and Publicity ...

Análisis de la plaza del Obradoiro de Santiago de Compostela, con una introducción histórica y arquitectónica de la ciudad en su conjunto, y un estudio más concreto de la plaza en cuanto tal, cuyo espacio y arquitectura son el resumen de los momentos estelares y áureos de la ciudad: Catedral, Hospital Real, Colegio de San Jerónimo, Palacio arzobispal... El libro incluye más de 50 fotografías de Luis Asín, que proporcionan excelentes vistas arquitectónicas y urbanísticas de los monumentos compostelanos.

A Compilation of 30 Innovative Architectonic Inventions in Catalonia. The architecture produced in Catalonia has often been in the vanguard of Europe, especially since Barcelona hosted the 1992 Olympics. This book is an exciting overview of innovative spaces and techniques made in Catalonia, presenting a cross section of 'products' as well as the buildings and environments for which they were conceived. The products solve specific program requirements, new social demands, environmental needs, budget limitations and design aspirations to improve on the status quo. They are proving grounds of...

Un magnífico estudio del arte dentro de los museos, exposiciones y en defintiva dentro del espacio. A su vez una descripción de los museos más representativos a lo largo de la historia con cuadros sinópticos, gráficos y una importante cantidad de imágenes que acompañan un texto de suma actualidad.