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Book Santa Barbara Architecture  from Spanish Colonial to Modern

Download or read book Santa Barbara Architecture from Spanish Colonial to Modern written by Herb Andree and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This documentation of the architecture of Santa Barbara, California has grown since the first edition was published in 1970: the second (1980) saw an expanded format and some 150 new photographs, and the third includes still more pages and photographs. The architectural examples presented here, selected from thousands taken on a block-by-block survey, were chosen for purity of style, historical signficance, and uniqueness. Each clear and beautiful black & white photo is captioned with information on the original owner or building title; date of construction; name of architect, designer, or builder; address; and alterations or additions to the building. 11x10" Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Book On site

    Book Details:
  • Author : Terence Riley
  • Publisher : The Museum of Modern Art
  • Release : 2005
  • ISBN : 9780870704994
  • Pages : 284 pages

Download or read book On site written by Terence Riley and published by The Museum of Modern Art. This book was released on 2005 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On Site~ISBN 0-87070-499-0 U.S. $45.00 / Paperback, 9 x 10.5 in. / 280 pgs / 295 color and 165 b&w. ~Item / February / Architecture Featuring 36 buildings that have made Spain a center for architectural innovation and excellence.

Book Spanish Contemporary Architecture

Download or read book Spanish Contemporary Architecture written by Eduard Bru and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Spanish Style House

Download or read book The Spanish Style House written by and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2021-03-30 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Luminous new photography showcases contemporary and historic homes in the beloved Spanish Style in Southern California, while offering, as well, a rare look at the original inspirations to the style, born in Andalusia, Spain. The great appeal of Spanish Style homes lies in their aura of romance and drama, a sense of story, of magic, as well as in their very comfortable and engaging proportions and the great livability of the interior spaces. Deep shadow, arched doorways, trickling courtyard fountains, climbing bougainvillea on wrought-iron window grilles, wood-beamed ceilings, and white plaster walls are all hallmarks of the style. Here, through a celebration of contemporary and historic homes in Southern California, as well as existing historic precedents in Andalusia, Spain--most notably the intricately detailed Casa de Pilatos in Seville and the Alhambra of Granada--The Spanish Style House presents the definitive picture of the style as it exists today. Featured homes include the George Washington Smith-designed Casa Blanca (1928)--a fantasy made real in stone and stucco replete with the romance of old Morocco in its horseshoe arches, domes, and evocative tile murals--and a Marc Appleton-designed beach house (2007) in Del Mar, California, which is a dream on the sea and an eloquent testament to the virtues of the style for today.

Book Differences

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  • Author : Ignasi De Sola-Morales
  • Publisher : MIT Press
  • Release : 1997-01-07
  • ISBN : 9780262540858
  • Pages : 178 pages

Download or read book Differences written by Ignasi De Sola-Morales and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 1997-01-07 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Differences brings together ten essays written over the past decade by the distinguished Spanish architect and theorist Ignasi de Solà-Morales. Differences brings together ten essays written over the past decade by the distinguished Spanish architect and theorist Ignasi de Sola-Morales. Many of the essays have never previously been translated, and the author has provided a new introduction especially for this English edition. Contemplating the panorama of contemporary art and architecture, de Sola-Morales posits that there is no one way to describe today's practice; instead he concentrates on elucidating the present dynamic of contrast, diversity, and tension. In an unorthodox pairing, de Sola-Morales derives his inspiration from both phenomenology and Deleuzean poststructuralism. Combining these philosophical inheritances allows him to reinvoke the human subject without referring to classical humanism or announcing the death of the object. His retrospective review of the disciplines of art and architecture, particularly as they have developed since World War II, provokes him to design, draft, and ultimately build a description of Modernism¹s lineage of subjectivity. The result is a provocative construction of fluid "topographies" that articulate, rather than depict, the shaky ground on which our current artistic and architectural production rests. The essays: Sado-masochism: Criticism and Architectural Practice. Topographies of Contemporary Architecture. Mies van der Rohe and Minimalism. Architecture and Existentialism. Weak Architecture. From Autonomy to Untimeliness. Place: Permanence or Production. Difference and Limit: Individualism in Contemporary Architecture. High-Tech: Functionalism or Rhetoric. The Work of Architecture in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction.

Book Building in a New Spain

Download or read book Building in a New Spain written by Pauline A. Saliga and published by Gustavo Gili. This book was released on 1992 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Contemporary Spanish Architecture

Download or read book Contemporary Spanish Architecture written by Ignasi Solà-Morales Rubió and published by Rizzoli International Publications. This book was released on 1986 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A City Called Spain

Download or read book A City Called Spain written by Manuel Blanco and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A City Called Spain is a book that reflects the landscape of Spanish contemporary architecture, constructing a large city with the most significant elements projected through a magnificent constellation of architects in the first decade of this century.It is an intergenerational story in which new studios and up-and-coming groups merge with the most established Spanish figures on the international scene.Seeking to draw a portrait of Spanish architecture, constructed by Spanish architects in Spain, the works selected are buildings by teams based in Spain and built or designed in the past 10 years.The design of the 'city' created is a topographic model formed by maquettes, photos and drawings. While representations of the actual buildings are found on a large map of the Spanish peninsula and islands and cities.

Book Building in a New Spain

Download or read book Building in a New Spain written by Kenneth Frampton and published by Watson-Guptill Publications. This book was released on 1992 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Book Spanish Contemporary Architecture

Download or read book Spanish Contemporary Architecture written by Xavier Güell and published by Editorial Gustavo Gili. This book was released on 1990 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Arquitectos Mexicanos

Download or read book Arquitectos Mexicanos written by Fernando de Haro Lebrija and published by Watson-Guptill Publications. This book was released on 2004 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: La casa habitación implica la puesta en marcha de función y estética de manera conjunta. Se trata de un reto apasionante para cualquier arquitecto puesto que exige la aplicación de todo su "oficio" y recursos profesionales para lograr un objetivo. Pero va más allá, llega incluso al grado de involucrarse personal y emocionalmente con el tema del diseño y con la altísima responsabilidad que representa. Por todas estas circunstancias, resulta de gran interés examinar cada una de las propuestas que se incluyen en esta edición y analizar los diferentes caminos que condujeron a su realización final. El resultado será, sin duda alguna, el hallazgo de un denominador común, que es justamente la diversidad como indicador del dinamismo que caracteriza el quehacer arquitectónico actual, reflejo, a su vez, del tiempo en que nos ha tocado vivir.

Book A City Called Spain

Download or read book A City Called Spain written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: City Called Spain is a book that reflects the landscape of Spanish contemporary architecture, constructing a large city with the most significant elements projected through a magnificent constellation of architects in the first decade of this century. It is an inter-generational story in which new studios and up-and-coming groups merge with the most established Spanish figures on the international scene. We have sought to draw a portrait of Spanish architecture, constructed by our architects on our own territory. To do so, we have placed only two conditions on the selection of works: That their teams be based in Spain, so they are studios that live and work in our cities. And that the works be built or designed and projected in Spain in this first decade of the century. We have created a city whose design coincides with the map of our geography. A topographic model abstracted from our orography, built with the maquettes, photos and drawings rest. Representations of buildings are situated on this large map of our peninsula, our islands and cities, corresponding to the real situation.

Book Caltech s Architectural Heritage

Download or read book Caltech s Architectural Heritage written by Romy Wyllie and published by Princeton Architectural Press. This book was released on 2000-06 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The campus of the California Institute of Technology was destined for architectural greatness when, in 1915, the university's visionary founder, astronomer George Ellery Hale, retained one of New York's preeminent architects, Bertram Goodhue, to devise a master plan for 22 acres of orange groves in what was then rural Pasadena. Goodhue's eclectic "planted patios and shaded portales, sheltering walls, and Persian pools" set the tone for the campus's illustrious architectural future. Throughout the first half of the century, Caltech's nearly continuous expansion would spawn such architectural jewels as the Athenaeum, a combination Italian villa and Spanish hacienda; Greene and Greene's bungalow-style student union; and the gardens of landscape architects Beatrix Ferrand and Florence Yoch, who thoughtfully mixed the campus's Mediterranean themes with its natural California setting. Well-researched and informative, this book details the organizational and architectural elements that have made Caltech a model for scientific institutions the world over. Rare photographs of lost and altered buildings portray an early Pasadena with ambitious plans to become a cultural mecca, while contemporary images reflect the Institute's continued dedication to a rich architectural future.

Book The New Spanish Architecture

Download or read book The New Spanish Architecture written by Anatxu Zabalbeascoa and published by Rizzoli International Publications. This book was released on 1992 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the history of architecture in Spain since World War II and examines the work of thirteen architects and firms.

Book The Modern in Spain

Download or read book The Modern in Spain written by Gabriel Ruiz Cabrero and published by Mit Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A critical survey of Spanish architecture, hitting all the high points since World War II. The advances made by modern Spanish architecture from the 1940s, when it lay in silence and obscurity, to the 1990s, when it received worldwide acclaim, is a dramatic story, probably the most remarkable case of postwar architectural progress in Europe. This definitive critical study of postwar Spanish architecture looks at the works, projects, trends, landmarks, architects, and engineers of the period. It is both a descriptive history and a new critical evaluation by one of Spain's most important architectural critics and historians.* Not for sale in Italy, Spain, and Central and South America

Book Architecture and the Urban in Spanish Film

Download or read book Architecture and the Urban in Spanish Film written by Susan Larson and published by Intellect (UK). This book was released on 2021-10-24 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first edited collection in English on urban space and architecture in Spanish film from 1896 to the present. Building on existing film and urban histories, this collection examines Spanish film through contemporary interdisciplinary theories of urban space, the built environment, visuality, and mass culture from the industrial age to the digital present. Architecture and Urbanism in Spanish Film brings together innovative scholarship from an international and interdisciplinary group of film, architecture, and urban studies scholars as they explore the reciprocal relationship between the seventh art and the built environment. The contributors explore a wide range of topics, including the role of film in the shifting relationship between private and public; the ways cinema as a new technology reshaped how cities and buildings are built and inhabited; the question of the mobile gaze; film and everyday life; monumentality and the construction of historical memory for a variety of viewing publics; and the effects of the digital and the virtual on filmmaking and spectatorship. This engaging collection will interest anyone researching, teaching, and studying Spanish film, international film studies, urban, and cultural studies.

Book Guide to Contemporary Architecture in Le  n

Download or read book Guide to Contemporary Architecture in Le n written by Esaú Acosta Pérez and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leon, a nexus where urban and rural fabrics interweave, is the city of origin of paradigmatic examples of Spanish architecture committed to a contemporary outlook. The first contemporary projects of the seventies served as exemplary architectural models for the development of the current mindset. The pioneers of Leon, Alejandro de la Sota, Javier Carvajal and Fray Coello de Portugal, paved the way for today's architects, such as Dominique Perrault, Mansilla and Tunon, and the young architects from León who compiled this guide that points towards global solutions for relocated territories from a local perspective. This guide to architecture in Leon is both open and systematic, and documents the contributions made by architecture to the construction of the city. Fifteen years of architecture in Leon are recorded through the texts of Dominique Perrault, Moises Puente, F. Javier Gutieerrez and the SIC studio, exploring distinct moments in space and time of the architecture of this region.