Libros

Landscape designer Michael Cooke presents five of his superbly designed gardens, including his own, which are illustrated by the lyrically beautiful photographs of co-author Brigid Arnott. The selected gardens encapsulate the characteristics he considers vital in the making of a truly beautiful, (...)

Gerhard Richter is an exceptional personality not only because his pictures are world famous, but also because he has demonstrated a new approach to painting. His pictures neither cultivate a modest interplay of colors and forms nor deliver an intact picture of reality, but rather move between (...)

N. C. Wyeth (1882 1945) was widely renowned for his iconic images of characters such as King Arthur, Robin Hood, and Robinson Crusoe that were reproduced as illustrations for books and magazines. The patriarch of the Wyeth family, father of Andrew Wyeth and grandfather of Jamie, he was also an (...)

Fieles a una radical manera de entender la profesión, los ganadores de la última edición del Premio Pritzker llevan tres décadas desarrollando una arquitectura comprometida que ha sabido traducir en un lenguaje escueto pero poderoso las preocupaciones sociales y medioambientales de nuestra época. (...)

Kiryu Kosho Kaisha was founded in 1873 by Japan's Meiji government, following the great success of the Japanese exhibit at the Vienna World Exhibition in 1873. Over the next two decades, the company commissioned decorative works from many talented craftspeople as an integral part of Japan's (...)

Más de seis décadas y cien obras construidas en cuatro continentes dan cuenta de la extensa y prolífica trayectoria de Renzo Piano al frente de su Building Workshop'. La cuarta monografía dedicada al trabajo del arquitecto genovés recoge una selección de quince obras y proyectos presentados en un (...)

Se darán conocer una selección de proyectos del Colectivo C733 (México), todos ubicados en México y fueron completados en tan solo 36 meses. Promovidas por la SEDATU (Secretaría de Desarrollo Agrario, Territorial y Urbano de México), estas intervenciones revitalizaron áreas urbanas y rurales (...)