Estructuras vistas, ocultas e ilusorias

The expert contributors to this lavishly illustrated volume, devoted entirely to Mies van der Rohe's Barcelona Pavilion of 1929, address here for the first time the forgotten contexts of the Pavilion's genesis. Habitually thought of as an abstract, unpolluted, and splendidly isolated building--a precursor of Mies's American period--the Pavilion is revealed here as a thoroughly European work, perhaps less pristine but more authentic. Mies and Lilly Reich were commissioned to design not only the Pavilion but also more than one hundred thousand square feet of German stands spread throughout the...

Homage dedicated to the IIDEHA and its contribution to the development of the operative architecture for design in Argentina. 9 multidisciplinary essays from the academic seminars on subjects that influenced Argentinean modern architecture from 1957-2007, plus 11 essays on leading architects that include: Jaime Roca (1899-1970); Abdulio Bruno Giudici; Marina Waisman; Iván Hernández Lagua; Francisco Bullrich. Plus an important documentary appendice filled with information.

Esta publicación propone entender la luz como la materia primordial de la construcción del espacio, para lo cual es necesario sintetizar los conceptos, las técnicas y las herramientas utilizadas para este fin. El texto busca que tanto los estudiantes de arquitectura como los profesionales experimentados comprendan las consideraciones y los procedimientos involucrados en el diseño de sistemas de iluminación natural y artificial, a partir de una perspectiva centrada en el uso eficiente de la luz y los dispositivos arquitectónicos que permiten controlarla. El texto y las ilustraciones...

Ten examples of "private neighborhoods" or residential urbanizations mainly in the area surrounding Buenos Aires mostly built between 1990-2000 including neighborhoods with communal services, the country club, small farms or "club de chacras," a mountain village and large towns.