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Barcelona
Montaner outlines what Barcelona has to offer in the way of architecture and interior design from Gothic to the present day, and argues that no other major city combines history and avant-garde like the Catalan capital.
Museums for the 21st Century
If since the end of the 18th century and throughout the 19th century the museum was consolidated as a new public institution, at the beginning of the 21st century it has become a place for the massive influx of an active public and has become integrated into consumer culture in its broadest sense. As a generator of large urban spaces and a magnet for tourists the museum has also contributed to a total mutation of the building type traditional to it. Profusely illustrated with examples of recent museums, this book is organised into eight chapters, each describing one of the eight trends that can be considered the predominant forms of contemporary museums.
Less is more
Katalog wystawy: Sala d'Exposicions del Col-legi d'Arquitectes de Catalunya, Barcelona 21 czerwiec - 20 lipiec 1996.
La modernidad superada
En la actualidad el Movimiento Moderno en arquitectura constituye una condicion permanente y, al mismo tiempo, es ya un fenomeno historico superado. El autor, arquitecto y critico de reconocido prestigio, analiza las insuficiencias de la modernidad en contextos perifericos de la modernidad como es el caso de los paises del Sur de Europa (Italia, Espana y Portugal) o America Latina, donde justo por su condicion alejada de los circuitos internacionales, la superacion de las premisas de lo moderno se ha realizado de un modo mas profundo. En su analisis, Josep Maria Montaner recurre tambien a aportaciones cruciales en el campo del arte, la cultura y el pensamiento de este siglo.
Herramientas para habitar el presente
Explores the development and design of dwellings for twenty-first century needs with respect to changing family styles, environmental concerns, and social and economic factors, and considers examples in Spain and in other countries.
Barcelona 1992-2004
Barcelona 1992-2004 propone una selección de proyectos, ordenados cronológicamente, que ofrecen una visión sobre el período que arranca en los Juegos Olímpicos de 1992 y que culmina en el gran acontecimiento cultural que supone el Forum de las Culturas de 2004. La selección ha hecho especial hincapié en los proyectos que suponen una apertura de la ciudad al mar y aquellos que han sabido adaptarse al tejido residencial existente. Como capítulos aparte, se presentan los proyectos para los nuevos edificios en altura, las propuestas para el distrito 22@ y el Forum de las Culturas. La selección viene precedida de un texto crítico de William Curtis, donde se explica cómo el desarrollo de Barcelona de los últimos años puede enmarcarse en políticas más internacionales, seguido de un exhaustivo análisis urbanístico de la ciudad de Barcelona es las últimas décadas a cargo de Josep Maria Montaner.
Rationalist Traces
Modern European architecture has been characterised by a strong undercurrent of rationalist thought. Rationalist Traces aims to examine this legacy by establishing a cross-section of contemporary European architecture, placed in selected national contexts by critics including Ákos Moravánszky and Josep Maria Montaner. Subsequent interviews discuss the theoretical contributions of Giorgio Grassi and OM Ungers, and a survey of Max Dudler and De Architekten Cie.’s work sets out a consistency at one remove from avant-garde spectacle or everyday expediency. In Germany Rationalism offers a considered representation of state institutions, while elsewhere outstanding work reveals different appro...
Conversations With Form
Through a progressive series of exercises - accompanied by observational studies, examples and applied theory - Conversations with Form: A Workbook for Students of Architecture improves designers’ understanding, dexterity and resilience in making form. It specifically focuses on the skills needed to succeed in the everyday context in which the vast majority of architects will ultimately design and build, wherein no one designs in isolation and existing conditions never represent a tabula rasa. The text begins by familiarizing readers with utilizing step-by-step sequences of moves to steer the development of built form and rapidly moves to designs of increasing complexity. These design plays treat a wide-ranging series of topics including structures, patterns, types, systems and other kinds of shared form principles. Conversations with Form is a workbook for honing hands-on skills and tools of the architect’s trade. Beautifully illustrated and focused on practical, usable information, the book provides architectural students with an accessible and useable handbook for their design practice.
International Architecture Yearbook 7
A valuable resource, containing the finest architectural projects worldwide. All projects are illustrated with stunning photographs, informative plans and detailed text. A comprehensive index lists the projects by name in alphabetical order while the con
The Architecture of the Museum
From the Louvre to the Bilbao Guggenheim and Tate Modern, the museum has had a long-standing relationship with the city. Examination of the meaning of museum architecture in the urban environment, considering issues such as forms of civic representation, urban regeneration, cultural tourism and the museumification of the city itself. Ranging from the seventeenth century to the present day, case-studies are drawn from Europe, South America and Australia. Contributions written by J.Birksted, V.Fraser, H.Lewi, D.J.Meijers and others.
