496円 In the summer of 1857, when Frederick Law Olmsted was asked if he would be interested in the "superintendency" of Central Park, he was thirty-five and had worked as a surveyor, a bookkeeper, seaman, farmer, publisher, author of travel books, and social commentator. It was the unique combination o...

8,623円 The first book to reevaluate the evocative and polarizing work of one of midcentury America’s most significant architects Born to Japanese immigrant parents in Seattle, Minoru Yamasaki (1912–1986) became one of the towering figures of midcentury architecture, even appearing on the cover of Time m...

700円 Avec force précisions historiques, l'architecte et penseur nous livre un ouvrage richement documenté sur la restauration de Carcassonne. Eugène Viollet-le-Duc (1814-1879) demeure un personnage complexe et controversé encore aujourd’hui. Il fait partie de ces artistes et penseurs du début du XIXe ...

2,177円 A captivating personal inquiry into the art of architecture, the craft of building, and the meaning of modern work “A room of one’s own: Is there anybody who hasn’t at one time or another wished for such a place, hasn’t turned those soft words over until they’d assumed a habitable shape?” When Mi...

3,706円 Frank Furness (1839-1912) has remained a curiosity to architectural historians and critics, somewhere between an icon and an enigma, whose importance and impact have yet to be properly evaluated or appreciated. To some, his work pushed pattern and proportion to extremes, undermining or forcing to...

496円 Louis Kahn's monolithic buildings defied convention and defined an era. Like the architect himself, his structures were both complex and simplistic, expressing an underlying strength while displaying a singularly bold vision. Here, in this short-form book by award-winning author Charles L. Mee Jr...

4,686円 Key Modern Architects provides an accessible and thought-provoking introduction to the work of the most significant architects of the modern era. Fifty short chapters introduce fifty key architects, from Le Corbusier to Aldo Van Eyck to Zaha Hadid, exploring their most influential buildings and d...

420円 ''Además de ser un arquitecto extraordinario, Teodoro González de León fue un escritor dedicado y luminoso. Sus diferentes textos, la mayor parte de ellos realizados por encargo, dan muestra de una inteligencia y lucidez admirables. Lecciones. Escritos reunidos, 1966-2016, ofrece una compilación ...

3,369円 Alvar Aalto was remarkably inventive in architecture and industrial design. Moreover, his command of technology was integrated with a humanistic style of building, and like Saarinen and Frank Lloyd Wright he sought an organic synthesis of his structures with their surroundings. Aalto's success in...

752円 Milano, Essen, Colonia, Mosca. Potrebbe sembrare un paradosso: un libro su un ‘paesaggista’ ha come protagonista la città. Ma questo, oltre che riflettere gli specifici interessi, le attitudini e le passioni di un ‘paesaggista composito’ come Andreas Kipar, rispecchia in verità l’articolata situa...

2,410円 Pier Luigi Nervi (1891-1979) è l'ingegnere italiano più celebre del XX secolo. A partire dal 1952, raggiunto l'apice della propria carriera di progettista e di imprenditore in Italia, Nervi decide di inserirsi nel mondo accademico e professionale degli Stati Uniti. Intraprende così un percorso ch...

1,054円 Lars Spuybroek ridisegna le nozioni di percezione, corpo e spazio «Non è forse vero che noi architetti siamo addestrati a pianificare i movimenti per poi estruderli in un secondo momento per creare un’immagine? Non siamo forse addestrati a disegnare prima le piante, la superficie dell’azione, per...