Impresiones

Este livro reúne cinco projectos de arquitectura de habitação do arquitecto Ricardo Vieira de Melo. As fotografias de exterior e interior apresentam detalhes excepcionais. Prefácio de João Rapagão.

The architecture & interior design of Mexican houses is colorfully presented, from the primitive & simple homes to the elegant haciendas. View the living quarters of Frieda Kahlo's residence; explore the hacienda of a celebrated bullfighter; glimpse Mexico's version of 1930's "Hollywood"; & experience the palapa design of a coastal home. More than 350 full-color photographs bring these wonderful homes into your casa for years of enjoyment & design ideas!

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 ...

Experiencias esenciales sobre el hábitat contemporáneo, pretexto para escribir acerca de problemas actuales y que tienen que ver sobre cómo viven las personas, sus derechos y deberes para con los demás, el medio ambiente y el futuro, todas visiones complejas de sumo interés para la sociedad contemporánea y cercanas a agendas públicas que tratan sobre el cambio climático, la equidad de género o la reivindicación de los derechos de las minorías, los jóvenes o el agua. Así mismo, esta publicación es importante para reconocer la vulnerabilidad de la sociedad contemporánea, frágil...