1803 (Hamburg, Germany) -1879 (Rome, Italy)
In the beginning was the tree. If Gottfried Semper had extended his archaeological and ethnographic explorations to the African Savannah, he would there have found confirmation of many of his theses, and he would have modified others to enrich his na
Buildings are articulated, but also woven; they are raised with structure and enclosed with cladding; they combine or contrast their tectonic and textile condition. The 19th-century debate between constructive logic and ornamental enclosure is still
We have had to wait a long time to be able to read Gottfried Semper in Spanish, but this cultural delay has suddenly been rectified twofold. A monumental version of Der Stil prepared by Juan Ignacio Azpiazu (reviewed in Arquitectura Viva 152) was pub
The Argentinian architect and professor Juan Ignacio Azpiazu has completed a titanic task: the first translation into Spanish of Gottfried Semper’s masterpiece, Der Stil. And he has done so remaining faithful to the book’s subtitle, ‘Practical aesthe
Todo, partes y relaciones: hay que volver a pensar la teoría desde una visión global. Tal es la invitación que Colin Davies lanza, de forma indirecta, a los ‘futuros reformadores’ de la teoría en su libro Reflexiones sobre la arquitectura. El objeti
La Fundación Getty de Los Ángeles es universalmente conocida por su museo, fundado en 1956 por el magnate del petróleo que le dio su nombre en una réplica de la romana Villa dei Papiri, construida para albergar su colección de arte clásico en una fro
Herzog & De Meuron reinvented themselves in 1998. During the design of the Ricola offices there was one of those genetic mutations that generate a new organism, because the creative spark of this transformation lit up a formal fire that is still burn
En 2003 se cumplen doscientos años del nacimiento de Gottfried Semper. Arquitecto y teórico, su figura ha sufrido encumbramientos y depreciaciones sucesivas: a su muerte en 1879, se le consideraba el «segundo mejor» arquitecto del país tras Schinkel;
No es aconsejable leer este libro de un tirón ni de cabo a rabo. La erudición que en él se despliega puede resultar abrumadora si uno no la administra en dosis razonables. Dividido en dos mitades, la primera tiene seis capítulos, dedicados al lenguaj
Antonio Armesto El fuego y su protección
Gottfried Semper Un manual para técnicos, artistas y amantes de las artes
Gottfried Semper
Los Ángeles 2004
Getty Publications - 980 Pages
Harry Francis Mallgrave Ein Architekt des 19 Jahrhunderts
Adrian Forty A Vocabulary of Modern Architecture
