Alvar Aalto

Aurora Cuito

Paco Asensio

Jyvaeskylae, 1898 - Helsinki, 1976. His first works as an architect were marked in the Modernist movement, then in the late thirties, with Villa Mairea (1983) he began creating organic works with combined materials that fragmented or curved. In Helsinki (1935), as a furniture designer and part of the Artek foundation, he and his wife Aino Aalto and Mairea Gullichson began producing pieces like the stool with three legs, extraordinarily modest yet carefully treated.

Rem Koolhaas

Office for Metropolitan Architecture

Francisco Asensio Cerver

Rem Koolhaas (Rotterdam,1944) studied architecture at the AA in London--where he went on to become a lecturer--and at the IAUS in New York, during Peter Eisenman's time there. Koolhaas has always been connected with the theory of architecture, as lecturer at the innovative AA, as a speaker, and with his published work: Delirious New York, a retrospective manifesto for Manhattan (1978) and the recent S, M, L, XL (1995). In 1972 Koolhaas set up the OMA (Office for Metropolitan Architecture), whose name clearly expresses the planning intentions of the team, comprising Koolhaas, Elia and Zoe Zenghelis, and Madelon Vriessendorp.

Rem Koolhaas/OMA

Tadao Ando

Minimalism/Maximalism" presents a resplendent collection of buildings that illustrate these two very dissimilar styles. The creators of these projects demonstrate that after a long period of austere work it's time for a new, cutting-edge design. Filled with 370 color images and 50 architectural plans, this guide compares and contrasts an array of minimalist and maximalist examples.

From Minimalism to Maximalism

Cristina Montes

H Kliczkowski

The work of the brilliant architect with locations maps.

Antoni Gaudi

Antoni Gaudí

A tribute to the brilliant architect Antoni Gaudi. A complete review of his work, with a short biography, 18 art pieces, including updated photographs and new perspectives of his work, such as the poetic one presented here and in exclusivity by the lecturer and architect Edgardo Minond.

Complete works

In the light the growing and general recognition of Gaudi's work, 150 years after his birth. We discover his buildings that have been declared Historic-Artistic Monuments.

The Architecture of Gaudí

An introduction by Daniel Giralt-Miracle, commissioner for the International year of Gaudi 2002, opens this book presenting the complete work of the brilliant architect Gaudi. It includes preliminary sketches and chapters about glasshouses, chimneys, 'trencadis' work, ceramic, doors, animals, etc... A 'must have' book.

Complete Works

Gaudí

Tadao Andō

Each volume in this series highlights the work of a renowned 20th century architect. Packed with colour photographs of exteriors and interiors, detailed plans and brief, comprehensive texts, these books are both authoritative and attractive, in a convenient size.

The aesthetic movement that is the subject of this book gathers the objectives of designers who are constructing a new, complex and eclectic modernity. Maximalism has affected all disciplines and prompted them to merge with each other, even creating new projects.

Aurora Cuito

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