In the past three decades, Luis Fernandez-Galiano, editor-in-chief of this magazine, has produced an exceptional treasure of texts on contemporary architecture. I know of no one in the field who is so thoroughly aware of facts and trends of the moment, tempered with an active historical and philosophical research. Last year, upon turning 70, it seems Fernández-Galiano began packing up his many years of work, producing the impressive double-volume set Alexandrine Years, an extraordinary panorama of contemporary architecture. This year he has surprised us once again by assembling another two-volume set of his writings before 1992, that is, his first two decades as a critical thinker in the world of design...

Architectural Chronicles 1976-1992