Tabla de Contenidos: “…Introduction -- Making it new: the discourses of architecture and modernism in Britain -- The mission of modernism: James Richards and the architectural review -- The forgetting of art: the Abercrombie plan for post-war London -- The shift to the specific: the new interpretation of materiality in brutalism and the functional tradition -- The opposite of architecture: archigram and architectural design in the sixties -- Searching for the subject: Alvin Boyarsky and the Architectural Association School -- Architecture as discourse: rethinking the culture of architecture…”

“…Educated in mathematics in Baghdad and architecture at Londons Architectural Association, Hadid is the first female recipient of the prestigious Pritzker Prize. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Welter -- Perceptions in the conception of the modernist urban environment : Canadian perspectives on the spatial theory of Jaqueline Tyrwhitt / Rhodri Windsor-Liscombe -- Selling the future city : images in UK post-war reconstructions plans / Peter Larkham -- Paper dream city/modern monument : Donald Gibson and Coventry / Louise Campbell -- Conceptions and perceptions of urban futures in early post-war Britain / Keith Lilley -- "Into the world of conscious expression" : modernist revolutionaries at the Architectural Association School, 1933-39 / Elizabeth Darling -- Plan: a student journal of ambition and anxiety / Clive B. …”
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“…Practices discussed include Foster+Partners, Zaha Hadid Architects, Arup, Buro Happold, Amanda Levette Architects, Ron Arad Associates, as well as renowned institutions such as Delft, Harvard, MIT, The Bartlett, CITA, and the Architectural Association. Punctuating chapters on academic and practice-based research, conversations between world leading experts Mark Burry, Philip Beesley, Matthias Kohler, Neri Oxman, Mark West, Michael Stacey, Hanif Kara and Sean Hanna discuss themes on drawing to production, behavioural composites, robotic assembly, and digital craft. …”

“…The 2017 edition features 32 illustrated articles on built projects and works in progress from academia and practice, including contributions from leading practices such as Foster + Partners, Zaha Hadid Architects, Arup, and Ron Arad, and from world-renowned institutions including ICD Stuttgart, Harvard, Yale, MIT, Princeton University, The Bartlett School of Architecture (UCL) and the Architectural Association…”

“…La exposición, comisariada por Francisco González de Canales de la Architectural Association de Londres, es una producción propia de la Fundación Barrié, organizada en colaboración con el estudio de Rafael Moneo.Rafael Moneo: Una Reflexión Teórica desde la Profesión. …”