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Compañeros de oficioThis book published on the occasion of the exhibition with the same name, deals with the influence of Vernacular Architecture in the work of a selected modern and contemporary architects such us Alvaro Siza, Sejima, Peter Zumthor, Frank L. Wright.

ISBN: 9789892033945 Publisher: Fundación Barrié Format: 21 x 22 cm. Softcover (Inc. DVD) Pages: 264 Language: Spanish. (DVD in English) Text: Pedro de Llano Price: 24 euros

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Three Steps. Landscape F/C. Landscape Architecture.

Eighteen years after they started working together, Portuguese landsca-pe architects Filipa Cardoso and Caterina Asis review some of the works and projects that marked the progress of their landscape architecture practice, and consider the source of their designs and the specificities of the places. It´s their singular look and knowledge analysis of the spaces where they operate that enhance the relationships between nature, archi-tecture and man, and transform a variety of landscapes and experience.

ISBN: 9789898456458 Publisher: Uzina Books Format: 17 x 24 cm. SoftcoverPages: 192 Language: Portuguese / English Price: 24,95 euros

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ISBN: 9789898456502 Publisher: Uzina Books Format: 16,5 x 20,5 cm. Softcover Pages: 64 Data: Abril de 2013 Idiomas: Portugues / EnglishAuthors: Galeria Bessa Pereira, Graça Pedroso Fotografia: C & CC - cintra & castro caldas Price: 14,95 euros

José Espinho. Portuguese Designer.The Diversity in doing.José Espinho, a multifaceted man, realized the versatility and complexi-ty of every object. More recognised for the furniture and facilities he created, he managed to view his projects in a global way. Able to find solutions, he counted with the support of collaborators, including several other designers. He understood that many of his creations did not have a unique solution and, hence, modifying them until he manages to create what he considers to be perfection.

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Eduardo Souto de Moura is one of the most important contemporary ar-chitects in Portugal. He won the Pritzker Price in 2011. This book is part of a new collection of Contemporary Portuguese Architects. Restructu-ring the Braga Market into a Music School, and a House in Llabia, are the works shown in detail.

Souto de Moura. 1+1 Collection. Reconversion of The Braga Market House in Llabia.

ISBN: 978 989 8456 24 3 Publisher: Uzina Books Format: 16.5 x 20.5 cm. Softcover Pages: 64 Language: Portuguese / English Photographs: Luís Ferreira Alves Text: Eduardo Souto de Moura Price: 14,95 euros

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ISBN: 9788495892690 Publisher: Traço Alternativo Format: 15 x 21 cm. Softcover Pages: 256 Language: Portuguese / English Text: Nuno Matos and Patricia Campos Price: 25 euros

This is a new guide after Architecture Guide North and Centre of Portugal Architecture Guide South and Islands of Portugal, developed by Nuno Matos and Patricia Campos . This is a perfect guide to know the best and latest renovated buildings in Portugal, a country that has great works of architecture, and is visited by thousands of architects from around the world every year. The guide has photographs, maps, lighting and innova-ting at this point with GPScoordinates.

Guía arquitectura: espaços e edif. rehabilitados

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The third issue of CdO is dedicated to Columbia University’s Northwest Sciences Building in New York, by Rafael Moneo and OVE ARUP.This is one of the most important buildings by Moneo in USA and reflects of Architect to use new constructing solutions trying create an iconic building associated to Scientific Investigation.

CDO Nº3. Northwest Science Building. Moneo

ISSN: 9899669635 Publisher: Gecualtec / FEUP Format: 23 x 31 cm. Softco-ver Pages: 140 Language: English / Portuguese Text: AA.VV.Price: 25 euros

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Pedestrian Bridge over the Carpinteira Stream, inspired in Hogarth’s ser-pentine line of beauty, meanders between two points 220 metres apart and 52 metres above a valley that was formerly an active part of the city of Covilhã.

ISBN: 978-989-8456-21-2 Publisher: Uzina Books Formato: 16,5 x 20,5 cm. Softcover Pages: 64 Language: Portuguese / English Photographs: FG + SG Text: Carrilho da Graça Price: 14,95 euros

Carrilho da Graça. Collection 1+1Pedestrian Bridge over the Carpinteira Stream Musealization of the Sao Jorge Castle.

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ISBN: 9789898456083 Publisher: Uzina Books Formato: 16,5 x 20,5 cm. Softcover Pages: 64 Language: Portuguese / English Text: Bak Gordon Price: 14,95 euros

Bak Gordon. Colection 1+1. Two houses Santa Isabel Oliveira da Serra Mill.

Bak Gordon represents the new generation of portuguese architects. In this ocassion Bak Gordon demostrates the control of the scale with two different projects, a big Mill in Oliveira da Serra, near to Lisbon and two houses in Lisbon.

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ISBN: 978849355047 Publisher: Labirinto de Paixons Format: 31 x 23 cm. Hardcover Pages: 160 Language: English / Spanish Text: AA.VV. Price: 25 euros

The Architectural interventions of Guillermo Vázquez Consuegra in the San Telmo Palace in Sevilla are described in detail in this publication.The book offers extensive information about the process of restoration of this building; with plans, details, sketches and photographs.

Vázquez Consuegra. Palacio de San Telmo

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Temática: Monografía – Arquitectura Características: Tapa flexo + DVDAutor: Ilda Seara / José Manuel Pedreirinho Idioma: Portugués / Inglés Editorial: Arteditores ISBN: 9729856044 Páginas: 140 Medidas: 24.5 x 27.5 cm Prive: 39 euros

Siza says: “I have a very rich curriculum of unbuilt projects due to de-liberate obstruction, and other which were never finished for the same reason”. This book is about of six of these stranded projects. We can get to know them through the virtual building models in the CD included in this edition.

Siza. Unbuilt. Nao construído.

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Aires Mateus. Collection 1+1Monitoring and Investigation Center of Furnas.

ISBN: 9789898456052 Publisher: Uzina Books Format: 16,5 x 20,5 cm. Softcover Pages: 64 Language: Portuguese / English Text: Aires MateusPrice: 14,95 euros

The work of Aires Mateus Architects has been published in different architectural books and magazines around the world. This book contains information about two recent projects: Aroeira House, close to Lisbon, and the Monitoring and Investigation Center Of Furnas in Azores Islands.

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ISBN: 9789898456304 Publisher: Uzina Books Format: 23 x 31 cm. Hardco-ver Pages: 200 Language: Portuguese / English Text: Luis Ferreira Alves, Joao Carlos dos Santos. Price: 39,90

Carlos dos Santos Architect together with a wide multidisciplinary team have been developing a project within the Portuguese architectural: The rehabilitation of Sao Martinho de Tibaes, one of the most important Portuguese Benedictine monastic ensembles. This book aims to tell the story of this restoration project, recovery, rehabilitation and expansion made over fifteen years in this monastery, classified as a building of public interest.

Sao Martinho de Tibaes MonasteryProject and Commitment.

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ISBN: 9789898456465 Publisher: Uzina Books Format: 23 x 31 cm. Hardco-ver Pages: 238 Language: Portuguese / English Text: Illidio Pelícano Price: 39,90 euros

Aripa Arquitectos is a well known architectural office specializing in health architecture in Portugal. This book shows different projects: Health Cen-ters, Hospitals, Specialized Centers and Medical Institutes. Each project contains complete and detailed information.

Aripa Arquitectos. Health Architecture

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ISBN: 9789898456007 Publisher: Uzina Books Format: 23 x 31 cm. Hardco-ver Pages: 240 Idiomas: Portuguese / English Text: AA.VV. Price: 39,90 euros

This book aims to highlight twelve recently developed projects selected among the recent works of Belem Lima. Born in Vila Real and formed by ESBAL in 1979. As a particularity of this edition, each one of these twelve works has been visited, contemplated and commented by other guest authors including a philosopher, an artist, a poet and several architects. The book was born after a conversation between Belém Lima and the architecture critic Jorge Figueira, as the starting point for all reflections.

Belem Lima. 12 Regards

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ISBN: 9789898456144 Publisher: Uzina Books Format: 23 x 31 cm. Hardco-ver Pages: 200 Language: Portugues / English Text: Joseph Grima Price: 44 euros

For two years, ARX built up a book which reveals that the main objective of a workshop is discovering. A laboratory of ideas and experiences that intersects science and art, continuous learning that results in a book that the 20th anniversary of the renowned Atelier ARX Portugal with 20 contemporary homes.

ARX 20 Years 20 Houses

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ISBN: 9788493228095 Publisher: Labirinto de Paixons Format: 30 x 30 cm. Hardcover. Box + poster Pages: 296 Language: English / SpanishText: AA.VV. Price: Price: 40 euros

Avila was included in the UNESCO’s World Heritage List in 1985 as an example of a fortified city that has conserved its walls intact. Mangado worked in this context to build the Congress Centre of Ávila. The project aims to create a dialogue between the old and the contemporary, using a shape that seems to emerge from the field. This Luxury edition contains complete information about the project.

Centro de Congresos y Esposiciones de ÁvilaFrancisco Mangado

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ISBN: 9788493550424 Publisher: Labirinto de Paixons Format: 33 x 24 cm. Hardcover Pages: 123 Language: English / Spanish Text: AA.VV. Price: 30 euros

Monography book dedicated to an equestrian centre in Ultzama, Nava-rra, designed by Francisco Mangado. The book contains complete infor-mation about this building, and a unique photographic work by Spanish photographer Juan Rodríguez, specialized in Architecture Photography

Francisco Mangado. Ultzama.

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Campus Ultzama Internacional 2012Beauty: Challenge and service

ISBN: 9788492409525 Publisher: T6 Ediciones Format: 17 x 24 cm. SoftcoverPages: 330 Language: Spanish / English Text: AA.VV. Price: 25 euros

This book was born as a result of the conference “Campus Ultzama International 2012 “. It contains the conference interventions held under the slogan “Beauty: Challenge and Service”.Some of the most relevant figures of the world discussed the role of architecture today.

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This issue is dedicated to Ibere Camargo Foundation building in Brazil, the most important building designed by Alvaro Siza in this country.To complement the understanding of the building, this edition includes the participation of renowned architects and engineers such as Arq º Kenneth Frampton, architect Rafael Moneo º, º Alexandre Alves Costa Arq and Arq º Flávio Kiefer.By Prof. Vasco Freitas, Eng Angela Nunes, Professor.

ISSN: 9899669604 Publisher: Gecualtec / FEUP Format: 23 x 31 cm. Softco-ver Pages: 140 Language: English / Portuguese Text: AA.VV. Price: 25 euros

CdO nº 2. Fundaçao Ibere Camargo Alvaro Siza

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ISBN: 8496656253 Publisher: COAG Format: 21 x 24 cm. Softcover (DVD include) Pages: 296 Language:Spanish / English Text: Fermin Blanco Price: 35 euros

In 2006 Miguel Fisac died, he was one of the reference architects in the field of Spanish Architecture. Architect Fermin Blanco created this publication to pay special homage to him, by researching into one of the most interesting themes of Fisac’s production: his famous “bones”, that is to say, the prestressed and hollow-sectioned concrete girders that imitate the look of a bone structure.The result of such research is a great work of documentation and a detai-led study of the constructing process

Miguel Fisac. Huesos Varios

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ISBN: 9788495892690 Publisher: Fundación Barrié Format: 21 x 28 cm. Softcover Pages: 604 Language: Spanish / English Text: Rafael Llano Sán-chez Price: 32 euros

Probably one of the best books ever published about American Photo-graph Paul Strand. It includes the 114 photographs shown at the exhi-bition “Paul Strand. Retrospective 1915-1976” at the Fundación Barrié, and an illustrated essay about Strand and his context, with important American photographers such as Alfred Stieglitz, Lewis Hine, Clarence White, Dorothea Lange, Walker Evans, Behn Shahn, Arthur Rothstein, Mathew Brady and Alexander Gardner.

Paul Strand. In the beginning was Manhattan

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ISBN: 9788492409518 Publisher: T6 Editions Format: 22 x 29 cm. Softcover. 2 volumes Pages: 248 Language: Spanish Text: AA.VV. Price: 35 euros

This publication has become an important reference publication on Latin América Contemporary Architecture. The book contains information about the best architecture offices in Central and South America: Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Argentina, Uruguay, Ecuador, and an special issue dedicated to Brasil.

BAL 2013. Bienal de Arquitectura Latinoamericana

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ISBN: 9788492409273 Format: 21 x 29 cm. Softcover Pages: 84 Language: Spanish / English Text: Angel García de Paredes Price: 20 euros

The project of the Church of Belén, developed in 1962, and a careful study on the religious spaces, started in 1957 by Architect José Mº de Paredes.The book offers a complete vision of this building, photographs of the constructive process, sketches, plans and details.

AACC 10. García de Paredes. Church and Con-vent Stella Maris. Málaga 1961-1965.

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ISBN: 9788492409143 Publisher: T6 Ediciones Format: 21 x 29 cm. SoftcoverPages: 64 Language: Spanish / English Text: Carlos Sambricio Price: 20 euros

AACC 9. Vicente Eced y Luis Feduchi.Edificio Capitol. Madrid 1931-1933.The first skyscraper built in the old city, it repeatedly appeared in the European architecture magazines as an example of “American high rise building” although it had a major fault. On top of its poor volume compo-sition, its awing height could only be appreciated from one point of view: the close San Luis grid.This publication contains full information to better comprehend an iconic modern building.

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ISBN: 9788495892614 Publisher: Fundación Barrié Format: 24 x 30 cm. Softcover Pages: 235 Language: Spanish / English Text: AA.VV. Price: 23 euros

This catalogue was created for an exhibition about Picasso, held at the Fundación Barrié (yo pondría en qué fecha). Still life and female portraits are the concepts used to explain the inexhaustible creativity of the Spa-nish master and the unlimited capability he had to explore and experi-ment with new shapes and materials.

Picasso. Laboratory of Styles

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A perfect guide to visit Portugal a country with great works of architec-ture which is visited by thousands of architects from all over the world. Contains maps, photographs and texts on the works carried out since 1974, and information about GPS coordinates. A reliable and useful guide, which allows those who enjoy the architecture to select the works that best respond to their interests.


Guía de Arquitectura. Norte e centro de Portugal

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ISBN: 9788492409440 Publisher: T6 Ediciones Format: 21 x 29 cm. SoftcoverPages: 48 Language: Spanish / English Text: Juan Miguel Otxotorena Price: 12 euros

Arquitecturas de Autor. Nuno Brandao belongs to a new generation of architects of the School of Porto. He is a professor in this University and one of the most recognized architects in Portugal. This publication shows four recent projects.

AA 53. Nuno Brandao

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ISBN: 9788492409433 Publisher: T6 Ediciones Format: 21 x 29 cm. SoftcoverPages: 48 Language: Spanish / English Text: Ramón Sanabria Price: 12 euros

Arquitecturas de Autor. Monograph dedicated a Bonell & Gil Archi-tects, as Spanish contemporary architecture cannot be understood without them. Their work comprises different scales and typologies. Complexity becomes simplicity in Bonell’s architecture. They also have a long experience in teaching, both in Spain and abroad.

AA 54. Bonell & Gil

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ISBN: 9789892033938 Publisher: Casa da Arquitectura Format: 21 x 28cm. Softcover Pages: 455 Language: Portuguese/ English Text: Bandeirinha/W. Curtis/M. Risselada/Figueira/Mendes/Vitale Price: 50 euros

Fernando Tavora Permanent Modernity is the title of a project inserted in Guimarães 2012 European Capital of Culture, which brings together an exhibition of the same name, conferences and publications. The exhibi-tion is about the work of Fernando Tavora (1923-2005), but far from the ambition to be monographic or anthology, but it plans to offer a trans-versal reading of insistent about this work is the practice of teaching as Professor of Architecture .

Fernando Távora. Permanent Modernity

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ISBN: 9789892033945 Publisher: Casa da Arquitectura Format: 12 x 16 cm. Softcover. 2 Vols in a Box. Facsimile edition Pages: 1300 Aprox. Language: Portuguese Text: Alvaro Siza Price: 50 euros

A two volume facsimile 1/1 scale edition that features the content of architect Fernando Tavora’s diary, written in 1960 during a four month trip through several countries in the five continents.In this diary, Tavora’s attitude towards architecture is reflected as perma-nently opened to knowledge and its further broadcast.He is no doubt a leading exponent of the Portuguese culture in the 20th Century and one the major boosters of Portuguese architecture, nowadays widely represented by other standing architects such as

Fernando Távora. Diario de “Bordo”

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ISBN: 9789892033945 Publisher: Casa da Arquitectura Format: 14 x 19 cm. Softcover Pages: 80 Language: Portuguese / English Text: Alvaro Siza / José Salgado Price: 12 euros

A Casa en Roberto Ivens. Alvaro SizaThis brochure includes an exclusive interview with Álvaro Siza by José Salgado. Sketches 1961 by Álvaro Siza. Family photographs Siza Vieira at Casa. Project 1961 (remodeling). Project 2008/2009 (restructuring to host the Casa da Arquitectura / CDAS) . Text by Carlos Castanheira “The Pavilion” and Photos of House (2009), Fernando Guerra.

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The title “Álvaro Siza - Sketches to Dinner” is a selection of drawings or sketches, the architect Álvaro Siza has performed over several years. Peacefully, at friends’ homes, in restaurants, showing another version of the capabilities and versatility of this great artist. A careful editing, with two books of sketches and a booklet with texts together in a cardboard box. Book 1 - 65 notebook sketches made in one night (October 2006): “The first drawing was actually the last to be drawn.” Book 2 - notebook with sketches developed over 64 years around the world.

ISBN: 9789892033945 Publisher: Casa da Arquitectura Format: 21 x 31 cm. Hardcover. 2 vols. In a box Pages: 240 Language: Portuguese / EnglishText: Alvaro Siza Price: 70 euros

Alvaro Siza. Sketches at dinner

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ISBN: 9788497520874 Publisher: Fundación Barrié Format: 22 x 26 cm. Har-dcover Pages: 93 Language: Spanish / English Text: David BarroPrice: 19 euros

Jessica Stockholder (Seattle, USA, 1959) is an undeniable example of the so called “expanded painting” and one of the most influential and best respected artists of her generation internationally.In this monograph, her career is analyzed by paying special attention to her most recent works which include several important works from the 80’s and a selection of her most singular “site-specific” interventions.

Jessica Stockholder

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ISBN: 978849277226 Publisher: Fundación Luis Seoane Format: 20 x 24 cm. Softcover Pages: 385 Language: Spanish / English Text: David Barro, Ulrich Loock, Alberto Ruiz de Samaniego Price: 39 euros

Rui Chafes. Contramundo collects all the work done by the Portuguese sculptor over the last ten years. published to accompany the exhibition at the Fundación Luis Seoane, this catalog is a comprehensive analysis of one of the most important artists of his generation, being also the first publication of its kind held in Spain on the work of Rui Chafes within an institutional framework.

Rui Chafes. Contramundo esculturas 2002-2011

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Álvaro Siza, in the introductory text of the book says: The publication of a Guide to Contemporary Architecture in Portugal is of evident useful-ness. The second volume refers to the South and Islands of the country, illustrating through maps, photographs and texts, a significant selection of works built since 1974. I can personally foresee the interest the publi-cation of this Guide will arouse (...). The demand for Architectural Guides, not only by architects, seems to now accompany the habit and generali-zed joy of travelling.

Guía de Arquitectura. Sul e ilhas de Portugal

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ISBN: 978849277226 Publisher: Fundación Luis Seoane Format: 14 x 21 cm. Softcover Pages: 385 Language: Spanish / English Text:Luciano Berriatúa, Jure Mikuz, Jaime Pena, Alberto Ruiz de Samaniego, Vicente Sánchez-Biosca Price: 20 euros

Sculpture in Fritz Lang inaugurates a new collection of Fundación Luis Seoane seeking for further investigation of the most important represen-tatives known as Art Film, and its relationship to other artistic disciplines. The exhibition catalogue includes a series of essays by leading specialists such as Luciano Berriatúa or Vicente Sánchez-Biosca, on the Viennese director and the influence that the sculpture was in his first stage in Ger-many, in addition to visual documentation of it.

La escultura en Fritz Lang

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Cabañas para pensarThis catalogue brings together the graphic memory of the exhibition “Cabins to Think” and several theoretical essays that explore the rela-tionship between the creative act and the context in which it happens, by featuring a number of artists and key authors of modernity such as Witt-genstein, Heidegger, Grieg, Mahler, Strindberg, Hamsun, Bernard Shaw, Virginia Woolf, Dylan Thomas, Derek Jarman y Lawrence de Arabia.

ISBN: 978849277226 Publisher: Fundación Luis Seoane Format: 14 x 21 cm. Softcover Pages: 535 Language: Spanish / English Text: AA.VV Price: 25 euros

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Atlantikwall. Arquitecturas bélicas en las playas del oeste

ISBN: 978849277226 Publisher: Fundación Luis Seoane Format: 14 x 21 cm. Softcover Pages: 234 Language: Spanish / English Text: María Fernández, José Froján, Fernando R. de la Flor, Alberto Ruiz de SamaniegoPrice: 20 euros

What we know as the Atlantic Wall or Atlantikwall, was one of the largest engineering projects in War History: traced along the European Atlantic coast - from Norway to the Spanish north coast -, the German Army many bunkers and defensive elements to protect the north coast of con-tinental Europe. The Architects José Frojan and María Fernández have been documenting through 47 large-format photographs the condition in which these powerful buildings are.

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CdO Nº1. Edificio Burgo Eduardo Souto de Moura

ISSN: 9727521081 Publisher: Gecualtec / FEUP Format: 23 x 31 cm. Softco-ver Pages: 140 Language: English / Portuguese Text: AA.VV.Price: 25 euros

For the first issue was recently selected a work that marked the urban fabric of the city of Porto and came to offer a new perspective on the re-lationship of prefabrication with local building traditions: the Burgo Tower was designed by the architect Eduardo Souto de Moura, AFAssociados, VA Consulting and Engineering Projects Engineering Consultants and RGA.

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Alvaro Siza. Facultad de Ciencias de la Información

ISBN: 849322801X Publisher: COAG Format: 25 x 25 cm. Hardcover Pages: 272 Language:Spanish / English Text: Luis Muñoz, Carlos Seoane Price: 45 euros

The exhaustive presence of plans, constructive details, photographs, sketches and initial drawings, inevitably makes the architect`s way of doing things apparent. This book deals with the complexity of a building project and the role of the architect in this process. “To the University of Santiago I owe the privilege of being wholly an Archi-tect, an opportunity all too rare these day” (Alvaro Siza). Santiago, 2000.

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Jose Antonio Corrales. Unidad Vecinal nº 3This is a prominent example of Social Housing in the sixties. Jose Anto-nio Corrales and Ramón Vázque Molezun formed an architectural team of long and distinguished career. Unidad Vecinal nº 3 is considered and exponent of modernity in Spain during the 60´s.The absence of ornamen-tal elements in their buildings was a clear intention to change the image of Spain towards the world, to be seen as part of the modernity. This edition contains all the information to understand the real dimension of this work.

ISBN: 9788496712096 Publisher: COAG Format: 25 x 25 cm. Softcover (DVD included) Pages: 192 Language:Spanish / English Text: Miguel Toba Blanco Price: 42 euros

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ISBN: 9789899669697 Publisher: Gecualtec / FEUP Format: 23 x 31 cm. Softcover Pages: 156 Language: English / Portuguese Text: AA.VV. Price: 25 euros

CdO. Museo Nacional dos CochesA Torre do Burgo was the work by Eduardo Souto de Mora chosen by the Architecture and Construction Technology magazine Cadernos do Obra for its first release. A work that creates a synthesis of both prefabri-cated construction and local constructive traditions, it has deeply marked the city’s urban tissue.

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