Habitar, Diseñar

Se intenta aquí desarrollar ideas que faciliten la comprensión de la contemporaneidad del historicismo arquitectónico con su tiempo. Lo que no apunta a una justificación, a un elogio o a una disculpa. Sólo se busca comprender un acto aparentemente desatinado. A pesar de sus ganas de revivir el pasado, el "juramento de los Horacios" seguirá siendo una pintura de fines del siglo XVIII y la iglesia de La Madelaine, un templo típico de principios del 1900. Ninguno de los dos será romano o griego según las preferencias de sus autores. Este ensayo intenta, no sin temeridad, arrimar...

The book examines the long, productive and stormy relationship architect Le Corbusier had with Argentina and the series of events in consequence. His Argentinean disciples Jorge Ferrari Hardoy, Juan Kurchan and Antonio Bonet, although influenced by the master architect had their own architectonic and urban ideas. The book examines the "Austral Net" created towards the productive, plural and complex relationship of these 4 personages where the central figure is the famed Swiss architect. The book is chronologically organized and includes a selection of the most important architecture...

The book Did Someone Say Participate? has been published by the MIT Press in the year 2006. dpr-barcelona going on with it's philosophy to share interesting contents with our readers and having noticed that this amazing book talks about the most actual and contemporary topics (as it is participation and social projects with personal involvement, looking for a chance to make radical change in today’s cities) has decided to translate and distribute the book all over the world, especially in Latin America and Spain, to bring all Spanish-speakers the chance to get to know all the great projects ...

High-end hotels have always been the setting for style and fantasy, a venue to see and be seen. This volume explores a relatively new trend, where major fashion houses take over the running of upscale hostelries. With every detail coordinated, from bed linens, to d????cor, china and glassware, the overall effect is of a chic jewel box, where every piece shines. We get a peek at glamorous hotels conceived and run with flair, by major fashion players like Bulgari, Christian Lacroix, Ferragamo, and Versace.

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...