Friday, January 29, 2016

How to Draw a Castle? / ¿Cómo se dibuja un castillo?

"How to Draw a Castle". Tomorrow, at my Studio. January 29 2016, 1:30 PM, 300 KAM, School of Architecture. NC State University

"Cómo se dibuja un castillo". Mañana, en la clase de proyectos. 29 Enero 2016, 13:30, 300 KAM, School of Architecture. NC State University

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

The Basic Classics. Books about LA for architecture students / Clásicos básicos. Libros sobre LA para estudiantes de arquitectura



I respond to the request of students at ARC 590, and propose in chronological order 10 (+1) classic readings for approaching the architecture of Southern California. I hope you enjoy them. I wait for your comments

1
MCCOY, ESTHER / cap. MAKINSON, RANDELL L. / int. ENTENZA, JOHN, Five California Architects, Reinhold, Los Angeles, 1960


2
BANHAM, REYNER, Los Angeles, the Architecture of Four Ecologies, Allen Lane The Penguin Press, London, 1971


3
GEBHARD, DAVID / VON BRETON, HARRIETTE, L.A. In The Thirties, Peregrine Smith, Salt Lake City, 1975


4
GEBHARD, DAVID / WINTER, ROBERT Architecture in Los Angeles. A Compleat Guide, Gibbs Smith / Peregrine Smith, Salt Lake City, 1984 (
and subsequent editions)

5
MCCOY, ESTHER / int. PELLI, CESAR, The Second Generation, Gibbs Smith / Peregrine Smith, Salt Lake City, 1984


6
STARR, KEVIN, Inventing The Dream. California Through the Progressive Era, Oxford University, New York, 1985


7
KAPLAN, SAM HALL / fotog. SHULMAN, JULIUS / dis. LEVY, DANA, LA Lost and Found. An Architectural History of Los Angeles, Crown, New York, 1987


8
THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART / ed. SMITH, ELIZABETH A. T. / cap. MCCOY, ESTHER / HINES, THOMAS S. / SEARING, HELEN / STARR, KEVIN / SMITH, ELIZABETH A.T. / BANHAM, REYNER / HAYDEN, DOLORES, Blueprints for Modern Living: History and Legacy of the Case Study Houses, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Ángeles, MIT Press, Cambridge MA and London, 1989


9
DAVIS, MIKE / fot. MORROW, ROBERT, City of Quartz. Excavating the Future in Los Angeles, Verso, New Left Books, London 1990


10
HINES, THOMAS S., Architecture of the Sun. California Modernism 1900-1970, Rizzoli, New York, 2010


(+1)
COLL-BARREU, JUAN / int. MANGADO, FRANCISCO, Construcción de los paisajes inventados. Los Ángeles doméstico 1900-1960, Fundación Caja de Arquitectos, Barcelona, 2004


Respondo a la petición de los alumnos de ARC 590 y os propongo, en orden cronológico, 10 (+1) libros clásicos para aproximarse a la arquitectura del Sur de California. Espero que os gusten, y espero vuestros comentarios