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Análisis de la situación de la arquitectura contemporánea, tanto en el plano de las ideas como en el de las realizaciones. Se pretende intervenir críticamente en la dialéctica de continuidad-ruptura que caracteriza la relación actual con las diversas tradiciones arquitectónicas, evaluando la revolución moderna que protagonizaron las vanguardias y los grandes maestros, así como, las revisiones posteriores. Igualmente se examina la ruptura con ese bagage, analizando hasta qué punto se corresponde nuestro momento histórico con el que fue propio de aquellas vanguardias.

Text (in Spanish) and images complement each other to create a narrative thread that offers informative insights into the architect's intellectual and visual imagination and expands our understanding of Olgiati's oeuvre.

In recent years Sydney has undergone a breathtaking expansion that has transformed it into one of the most prosperous and diverse cities in the world. The contrast between its huge skyscrapers and peaceful natural parks has given it a unique style. The natural beauty of Sydney's large bay, often considered the most beautiful in the world, is the spectacular backdrop for a city with a population drawn from over 100 different countries. This book takes the reader on a fascinating tour of Sydney's domestic architecture, which revels in rich contrasts and diagrams, all of which are accompanied by ...

Life and work of polemic architect and urbanist Meyer (b. Switzerland), one of the most important functionalists of the 1920's. The former director of the Bauhaus, he worked for the Post-Revolutionary Regimes in Mexico as the director of the Instituto del Urbanismo y Planification from 1942 through 1949, while also becoming the editor of the collective graphic workshop Taller de Grafica Popular (TGP) from 1947 to 1949. Many plates of his architectural designs and the structural diagrams Meyer used for the Bauhaus and in IUP in Mexico.