Diccionario Bilingüe de Metáforas y Metonimias Científico-Técnicas

Diccionario Bilingüe de Metáforas y Metonimias Científico-Técnicas
Author: Georgina Cuadrado-Esclapez
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 573
Release: 2015-12-22
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 1317508122

Diccionario Bilingüe de Metáforas y Metonimias Científico-Técnicas presents the extensive range of metaphoric and metonymic terms and expressions that are commonly used within the fields of science, engineering, architecture and sports science. Compiled by a team of linguists working across a range of technical schools within the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, this practical dictionary fills a gap in the field of technical language and will be an indispensable reference for students within the fields of science, engineering or sports science seeking to work internationally and for translators and interpreters working in these specialist fields.

The Way of Saint James

The Way of Saint James
Author: Georgiana Goddard King
Publisher:
Total Pages: 528
Release: 1920
Genre: Church architecture
ISBN:

"... I have made one straight story out of three years' wandering, and places visited and revisited. The outcome offers, first, a record of what exists, where other accounts are incomplete or inaccessible, and, secondly, an explanation of it ... a record and interpretation of iconographic detail all along the way ... an attempt to date, by comparison with such dated examples as exist, without any à priori ... [and] an occasional small hypothesis and the ground for it, e.g., about the original west front at Compostella, and the cult of Santiago ..."--Foreword.

Barragan - The Complete Works

Barragan - The Complete Works
Author: Luis Barragán
Publisher:
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2003-10
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

Mexican architect Luis Barragan (1902-88) was one of the twentieth centurys most creative designers and one of its best-known architects. Self-taught, he achieved international renown for his remarkable personal artistic vision. Using vegetation, water, primary geometric forms, and vivid colors, Barragan created a poetic and painterly yet elegantly simple architectural style that transformed the Mexican building tradition into an abstract architectural language. This revised edition of our best-selling monograph the first comprehensive compilation of Barragans work (102 buildings and 12 additional projects) contains new photographs and an updated bibliography. Its intelligent analyses and superb illustrations demonstrate the complexity and scope of this genius, as both an architect and a landscape designer. Barragan The Complete Works collects over 300 illustrations including Barragans drawings; photographs of his work; re-drawn plans, elevations, and scale models of important projects; texts by Alvaro Siza, Antonio Toca, and J. M. Buendia, as well as an essay by Barragan himself; and an unabridged transcription of his Pritzker Prize acceptance speech. this book is the essential compendium on the work of this great master architect.

Villanueva: Vilume 1

Villanueva: Vilume 1
Author: Paulina Villanueva
Publisher:
Total Pages: 188
Release: 2000
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

Synthesizing his rigorous, analytical training with the radical modernism of Le Corbusier and the vernacular building traditions of Venezuela, he produced a functional yet artful architecture that was both avant-garde and humane.".

Cuban Modernism

Cuban Modernism
Author: Victor Deupi
Publisher: Birkhäuser
Total Pages: 344
Release: 2021-02-08
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 3035616442

In the 20th century, modern architecture thrived in Cuba and a wealth of buildings was realized prior to the revolution 1959 and in its wake. The designs comprise luxurious nightclubs and stylish hotels, sports facilities, elegant private homes and apartment complexes. Drawing on the vernacular, their architects defined a way to be modern and Cuban at the same time – creating an architecture oscillating between tradition and avantgarde. Audacious concrete shells, curving ramps, elegant brises-soleils and a fluidity of interior and exterior spaces are characteristic of an airy, often colorful architecture well-suited to life in the tropics. New photographs and drawings were specially prepared for this publication. A biographical survey portraits the 40 most important Cuban architects of the era.

Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century Architecture

Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century Architecture
Author: R. Stephen Sennott
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 546
Release: 2004
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9781579584337

"A balance of sophistication and clarity in the writing, authoritative entries, and strong cross-referencing that links archtects and structures to entries on the history and theory of the profession make this an especially useful source on a century of the world's most notable architecture. The contents feature major architects, firms, and professional issues; buildings, styles, and sites; the architecture of cities and countries; critics and historians; construction, materials, and planning topics; schools, movements, and stylistic and theoretical terms. Entries include well-selected bibliographies and illustrations."--"Reference that rocks," American Libraries, May 2005.