This richly illustrated book examines the houses designed by Alvaro Siza, one of the masters of contemporary architecture. The 28 villas represent an important aspect of Siza's career, where his distinctive ideas on home design translate into a wider conversation on living today and modern architecture. Each construction is narrated by Alvaro Siza through his short poetic writ...(展开全部)

Product Description Studio Paperback monographs on the outstanding architects of the 20th century-concise and informative overviews of their complete works written and edited by noted authors. Each volume contains biographical details and a work chronology.

Álvaro Joaquim de Melo Siza Vieira, GOSE, GCIH, (born 25 June 1933 in Porto-Matosinhos), who signs as Álvaro Siza Vieira (pron. IPA: ['aɫvɐɾu 'sizɐ vi'ɐiɾɐ]) and is sometimes known as Álvaro Siza, is a contemporary Portuguese architect and considered one of today's greatest living architects. As son of Júlio Siza Vieira, an engineer, and wife Cassilda de Melo, he was born in th...(展开全部)

"A filmmaker is a man like any other; and yet his life is not the same. . . . This is, I think, a special way of being in contact with reality." Or so says Michelangelo Antonioni, the legendary filmmaker behind the stark landscapes and social alienation of "Blow-Up" and "L'Avventura," who here reveals his idiosyncratic relationship with reality in "The Architecture of Vision." ...(展开全部)

The work of Henri Lefebvre - the only major French intellectual of the post-war period to give extensive consideration to the city and urban life - received considerable attention among both academics and practitioners of the built environment following the publication in English of The Production of Space. This new collection brings together, for the first time in English, Lef...(展开全部)