Sevilla y Sevila

This series was the winner of the American Institute of Architects' prestigious "Award for Excellence in International Book Publishing". Each volume in this series is introduced with an essay on the architect, and a chronological or stylistic presentation of their most outstanding buildings and projects. No other series provides such a complete and concise summary of the world's leading architects' works. The volumes are fully illustrated in black-and-white with photos and project renderings.

The recent boom of Chilean architecture of international and national recognition has been widely documented and promoted in mass publications, books and specialized journals. This book is a collaboration project between different architects that contribute to this process with critical texts of the historic contexts and problems faced by the urban-architectural practice in Chile, highlighting how the political-cultural events of the last 3 decades has influenced local construction. With texts by Jorge Fco. Liernur, Fernando Pérez, Federico Deambrosis and Pedro Bannen, and a prologue by...

For the first time ever a monograph dedicated to the temporary projects and personal designs created by world-renowned architect Enric Miralles.A quick perusal of the pages makes it patently clear that for Miralles the word temporary could never be synonymous with minor. From the design of the pergolas in the Olympic Village in Barcelona to the changing sets of an Opera that premiered in his own studio each work is a celebration of space, time and movement. 16 projects are featured.

Se ha tratado de configurar un volumen pensado y articulado como una reflexion centrada en el concepto de paisaje histórico urbano y dedicada a observar las causas y sobre todo las consecuencias derivadas de esta expansión patrimonial que hemos señalado se ha producido en los dominios de la ciudad, el paisaje y el territorio, así como la exposición de los nuevos comceptos, metodologías y experiencias relacionadas con estos ámbitos tratando de incidir especialmente en las oportunidades y retos que el patrimonio urbano y territorial ofrece para articular nuevos modelos de desarrollo que...