© Daniel Rueda Fuente: Ricardo Bofill Taller d’Arquitectura Fotografía: Gregori Civera | Fred Guillaud | Jeannette Hagglund | Nacho Alegre |  Daniel Rueda En el contexto de La Manzanera, La Muralla Roja (The Red Wall) debe considerarse como un caso aparte. El proyecto incorpora una clara referencia a las arquitecturas populares del mundo árabe mediterráneo, en particular a las torres de adobe del norte de Áfri

Fuente: Louis I.Kahn Houses, TOTO Shuppan, p88-p161           ISBN: 978-4-88706-228-3 The home is designed as two cubes, primarily of wood, with a stone base. The cubes articulate at a 45 degree angle. The north cube is the “living cube” and has a living room, dining room and kitchen. It has 18 foot-high ceilings. The south cube, or the “sleeping cube,” has four bedrooms, two baths, with a pow

Fuente: Antonio Bonet. Arquitectura y Urbanismo en el Rio de la Plata y España. KATZENSTEIN E. – NATANSON G. – SCHVARTZMAN H.,Ed. Espacio Editoria, 1985; Antoni Bonet Castellana 19313-1989. Edició a càrrec de Fernando Álvarez i Jordi Roig.  Fotografía actual: Simón García La simplicidad del programa de necesidades de un canódromo, que se puede resumir en una pista y en un local de apuestas con su prolonga

Fuente: Alison y Peter Smithson. De la casa del Futuro a la casa de hoy. Dirk Van Den heuvel, Max Risselada. Puesto que los Smithson experimentaron la tensión entre campo y ciudad como una energía positiva potencial en su propia vida y en su propio trabajo, en 1959 decidieron comprar parte del complejo de una granja en la finca Fonthill. La parte que adquirieron los Smithson consistía en un gran patio amurallado con

Source: archipicture | The Architecture of Peter Celsing. Wilfried Wang. Pb. Internos Books. Designed and built by Peter Celsing, the Kulturhuset is located on Sergels Torg in Stockholm, one of the busiest squares in the Swedish capital. This complex was conceived as a “cultural oasis” in the new business and commercial center. In this area of the city, from the 1950s to the early 1970s, the old structure

Source: divisare / archdaily Photographs: Iñaki Bergera / Kathia Shieh Eero Saarinen is one of the most respected architects of the 20th Century, often regarded as a master of his craft.  Known for his dynamic and fluid forms, his design for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s chapel takes on a different typology than his previous works.  Completed in 1955, the MIT Chapel is a simple cylindrical volume that h

Source: archipicture. | The Architecture of Peter Celsing. Wilfried Wang. Pb. Internos Books. The St. Thomas Church, designed by Peter Celsing, is located in Vällingby, a newly built modernist suburb of Stockholm. The surrounding area is characterized by the presence of advertisements, a shopping center and the bustle of and to the subway station. In this environment, saturated with visual and acoustic stimuli, St To

Source: archipicture  | The Architecture of Peter Celsing. Wilfried Wang. Pb. Internos Books. After an architectural competition in 1952, the Swedish architect Peter Celsing was commissioned to build the Härlanda church. The competition design was highly praised by the jury members. After some planning adjustments, the ground-breaking ceremony took place on October 31, 1956. The opening of the church was celebrated o

Source: Per Kirkeby, The Art of Building. Lars Morell Photography: Jens Lindhe Text: Interview to Per Kirkeby (Book:  Per Kirkeby, The Art of Building. Lars Morell) PK: My wife, Vibeke, rebuilt our farm on Laso. The old stable used to be dark and unpleasant, so she removed everything and made the house transparent. Outside, we sit in the former dunghill, which is the only place with sufficient shelter for us to be ab

Fuente: Ordine degli Architteti di Milano Fotografía actual: Marta Cassany El proyecto trabaja la reconstrucción de todo el convento, excepto una pequeña parte adherida a la iglesia y a la sacristía. La irregularidad geométrica del solar, la necesidad de construir en continuidad a la arquitectura preexistente y el respeto al contexto, determinan la compleja implantación planimétrica y volumétrica. El esquema es el de

Fuente: Edvard Ravnikar. Architect and Teacher. Ales Vodopivec, Rok Znidarsic. Ed. Springer Wien NewYork. pag 203-215. Edvard Ravnikar (1907-1993) es la figura central de la arquitectura eslovena de la post-guerra. Sus edificios y escritos son un reflejo de la historia del siglo XX. Fue uno de los estudiantes más destacados de Joze Plecnik y trabajó con Le Corbusier en París en 1939. Ravnikar consiguió crear una comb

Source: Døgen/ Pierre Zoelly: Elements of an architect’s language/ Peter Hächler book Photography: © Andreas Fuhrimann & Gabrielle Hächler/ Peter Hächler book The idea of structure mimicking nature. Pierre Zoelly ’s house for the sculptor Peter Hächler is one of several projects designed by the architect referencing naturally occurring forms. A concrete “tree” sits at the core of the house, the branches ext

Fuente: Projects + Buildings. Aris Konstantinidis. Ed. Agra Publications – ISBN: 960 325 024 4 Texto: Sias blog Aris Konstantinidis (1913-1993), is one of the most prominent greek contemporary architects, whose work has been recognized regionally and internationally. Konstantinidis studied in Munich from 1931 to 1936, where he came in contact with modernist architectural concepts of the time. Like many modern a

Fuente: Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura Fotografía: Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura Este edificio de 18 apartamentos, que forma parte de la urbanización “La Manzanera”, supuso un prototipo experimental para la aplicación de una metodología para la teoría de una “ciudad jardín en el espacio” desarrollada por el equipo, y debe ser interpretado como uno de los muchos elementos de interconexión. El castillo f