CITY AND PORT, BY HAN MEYER
The book “City and Port: Transformation of Port Cities – London, Barcelona, New York and Rotterdam”, by Han Meyer, was published in 1999…
CHANGES IN MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING IN THE CITY OF LISBON – NUNO TEOTÓNIO PEREIRA AND IRENE BUARQUE.
Published by Lisbon City Hall (CML), the book Evolução das formas de habitação plurifamiliar na cidade de Lisboa (Changes in multi-family housing in the city of Lisbon), by Nuno Teotónio Pereira…
LISBON, A CITY IN MOVEMENT: A REVIEW OF “O LIVRO DE LISBOA”. COORD. IRISALVA MOITA
The Livro de Lisboa offers us a star-shaped city, with many points from a historical, social and artistic perspective, and also one with long drawn political borders…
A INTERNACIONALIZAÇÃO DE LISBOA: PARADIPLOMACIA DE UMA CIDADE,(The internationalization of Lisbon: paradiplomacy of a city) Coordinated by Luís Moita
“A internacionalização de Lisboa: paradiplomacia de uma cidade” is a book produced within a research project developed by the research centre OBSERVARE entitled Cidades e Regiões: a paradiplomacia em Portugal (Cities and Regions: paradiplomacy in Portugal)
The Eyes of the Skin: architecture and the senses.
“the author emphasizes the importance of the sensory dimension, and believes the human senses are essential elements to perception and to fully understand spaces.”
What is Worth Knowing
“Now, as far as teaching of architecture is concerned, I think that first we must break free from that annoying feeling of guilt.”
Portugal: 20th Century Architecture
“it can be said that the bulk of qualified production has shown a demand for constructive realism, a practical meaning in the resolution of programs or in the concrete viability of singular or genuine projects within the European framework.”
To Choose
“Among what there is, what exists, what has been done, said, experienced; among what is exhibited, shown, seen, among the forms, the families of forms, the derivatives of forms, the architect chooses, selects, elects.”
Per forza di levare
“If architecture is “cosa mentale”, how can it, at the same time, exist in fact, in the real world and in its engagements?”
“School” or “Generalism” – Eclecticism or Tradition, an Inevitable Option
“What can be required of schools is that they teach a method where the ancient and the modern acquire prominence in the light of the same critical attitude.”