THE ARCHITECTURE

Architecture is life, or at least it is life itself taking form and therefore is the most honest document of life as it was lived forever.

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Featured architects ZAHA HADID FRUTO VIVAS CARLOS. E VILLANUEVA DANIEL LIBENSKIND FRANK GEHRY

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REPUBLICA BOLIVARIANA DE VENEZUELA

INSTITUTO UNIVERSITARIO POLITÉCNICO

SANTIAGO MARIÑO

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zaha hadid

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Zaha Hadid . A woman with a history of architecture and design outside series

woman born in Baghdad, October 31, 1950, is a prominent Anglo-Iraqi architect, from the Acurrent deconstructivism. Despite being of

Iraqis, most of his life has been spent in London, which houses his architectural. The architectural work of Zaha Hadid has been recognized several times with awards from international range including the Pritzker Prize, being the first woman to get the award. By 1983, its architectural style had reached its mature definition and showed the features that characterize the set of his works, such as using light volumes, sharp, angular forms, the play of light and the integration of the buildings with the landscape . Hadid important works dating from the first half of the 1990s are the firehouse Vitra factory in Weil am Rhein (Germany) and the design of the Bar Moonsoon Sapporo (Japan). In his designs architecture structures favoring low, flowing, often appearing a similar style of Arabic script, avoiding the tradition with other architects by skyscrapers and other representations. In fact many of the difficulties presented to him to create his own style was due to the strong rejection there within the industry, to the development of women in this profession and although Zaha said that although there is a lack of female role models she would not be in accordance with the precedents that

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At 58 has a long history in both architecture aspects of research, with award-winning. He has been able to present their creations internationally and thus increasing its fame as a designer of an innovative style that explores a variety of types ranging from museums to transport terminals. The works constructed Zaha Hadid has been granted international prestige. His best known projects include the Vitra Fire Station (1993), the LF area in Weil am Rhein, Germany (1999), the housing block IBA-Block 2 in Berlin (1993), the area of the mind at the Millennium Dome London (1999), the parking and the station in Strasbourg (2001), and ski jumping trampoline in Bergisel, Innsbruck (2002). He has also designed furniture and interior design projects: Bitar, London (1985); Restaurant Moonsoon, Sapporo (1990) and Z-Scape furniture manufactured by Sawaya and Moroni

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By Katerine A. Stanovich M.

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As are all the characters and historical leaders, beyond the warriors and politicians that has produced the province of Táchira, the architect Fruto Vivas (La Grita-1928), he born on January 21, 1928, marked the country with its beautiful, functional, popular and revolutionary architectural creations , dedicated to the art of living in c o n j u n c t i o n w i t h n a t u r e a n d t h e h u m a n .

It is one of Venezuela's most recognized architects nationally and internationally. In 1956 he graduated in architecture from the Universidad Central de Venezuela. He worked with the Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer (Museum of Modern Art in Caracas) and Spanish Eduardo Torroja (Club Táchira).

He built the Venezuela Pavilion for Expo 2000 Hannover, but resulted controversial project please the visitors (it was, after the flag of Germany, the second most visited). It is characterized by the shape of a flower, the lightness of the steel and glass structure, the mobility of the cover and contents of the exhibition based on the country's biodiversity. A flower overdimensional 18 meters high building stands. Its petals of ten meters open and close according to the weather. The presentation itself is an example of the country's biological diversity: thousands of tropical plants and numerous exotic fish are part of the exhibition in the glass pavilion. The four building terraces symbolize a tepui, flattened plateau and abrupt edges typical of the border between Venezuela, Brazil and Guyana

.Part of his philosophy is to integrate over the life of man to nature and as an architect to maximize human happiness. Some associate it with populist architecture. Proposes developing Latin American cities based on Indian

heritage, Arabic and Roman. Vivas's own words are:

“I speak of trees to live like a possible dream. Coexist with nature without our most important mastranto flower or a butterfly. “

He is primarily a creator and a poet of the human nest that is the house he calls home. We present and suggests a proposed housing as ecological and human family. Creator of numerous works, the most representative are, Hotel Moruco (State of Mérida), Club Táchira (Caracas), The Church of La Concordia (San Cristobal), Their experience in prefabrication with Banco Obrero (Caracas) and Havana (Cuba) Trees for Life (Caracas), Their experimental constructions in Nicaragua, The self-help housing in La Vega (Caracas) and the Venezuela Pavilion at the Hannover Exhibition. Currently at 84 years old, his ideologies are still an inspiration to many people and a revolutionary architecture in Venezuela.

José Fructuoso Vivas Vivas (Fruto Vivas)

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Carlos R. Villanueva

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arlos Raúl Villanueva Astoul (London, UK May 30, 1900 - Caracas, Venezuela, August 16, 1975) is considered the most Cimportant Venezuelan architect of the twentieth century, a

pioneer and leading exponent and promoter of modern architecture in Venezuela. He participated with his work in the development and modernization of Caracas, Maracay and other cities in Venezuela. His major works are the Redevelopment El Silencio, an important housing development located in downtown Caracas, which includes 7797 apartments and 207 shops, and the University City of Caracas, the main campus of the Central University of Venezuela, considered a masterpiece modernist urban planning, architecture and art. The campus was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2000.

Villanueva started and what has been called the First Time or Fall of Eclecticism (1929-1938) in its architecture, which is characterized, in general, by an eclectic use of architectural elements: neoclassical, Moorish and colonial, combined with the formulas academic of the École des Beaux Arts. Not only for its extraordinary creative work, but also for his commitment to teaching, Carlos Raúl Villanueva is also synonymous with the Central University of Venezuela. Villanueva manifested in his works dramatically stylistic settling in period Minimalist architecture in its last minute or Quarters (1959-1970). A culmination of his career in a manifesto brutalist, reinterpreted in the light of trends in Western and Japanese influence of Kenzo Tange. Develops full cubist vision in which there is no visible prospect, not a stable vanishing point and focuses on the idea of the mega-structure of Le Corbusier, from the force that prints the raw concrete. In simple words, is the pursuit of extreme simplicity. Beyond its architectural legacy, his deep scars and urbanist, the rich transformations that contributed to the arts in general and unconditional as his teacher, the great heritage that gave comprehensive Creole, to his profession and to his country, was to have entered Venezuelan architecture in the pages of the international architecture of the twentieth century, masterfully demonstrating universality is possible starting from the profound homage of the local. Among his most important Works we can see, Zoo of Managua (Nicaragua, 1928), Alejandro Otero House (San Antonio de Los Altos, 1965), Star Plaza Building (Caracas, 1964), Venezuela Pavilion for Expo Montreal (Montreal, Canada, 1967), Jesus Soto Museum (Ciudad Bolivar, 1970), New building of the Museum of Fine Arts in Caracas (with Oscar Carmona).

Carlos Raúl Villanueva. Arts Integrator.............

By Katerine A. Stanovich M.

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8aniel Libeskind was born on May 12, 1946 is an American architect of Jewish origin. Born in Lodz, Poland in the post-war. DHe studied music in Israel and in New York, and became a

virtuoso performer. However, he decided to leave music and pursue architecture. He studied first at the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York, and subsequently obtained a diploma of post-graduate at the University of Essex in England. At 21 years Libeskind became an American citizen.

Libeskind is an internationally renowned architect, valued for the design of buildings and their approaches to urban. Has introduced new concepts in architecture, which have caused intense debate within the profession. It also features tackle projects in a multi-disciplinary, solving all aspects in your own design.

In 1990 he established his studio in Berlin to be the winner of the competition held to design the Jewish Museum. Since then, the firm has completed projects in major museums, cultural centers and commercial buildings around the world.

Libeskind has taught classes and seminars at numerous universit ies in different countries, including Pennsylvania, Karlsruhe and Toronto. He has received several major awards and honors, and has been awarded honorary doctorates by several universities, including Berlin, Edinburgh and Chicago.

In 2003 Libeskind, with its Freedom Tower, won the competition held to design the reconstruction plan of the "Zone 0" in New York, where they were the Twin Towers that were destroyed in September 2001. The original design was modified for security reasons.

Among his most representative works are, Berlin, Post-Graduate Center, Metropolitan University (London), Jewish Museum (Berlin), WestSide Mall (Bern, Switzerland), Concert Hall of the Philharmonic (Bremen, Germany), The Chrystals (Las Vegas, United States), among others.

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FRANK GEHRY

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ehry was born Frank Owen Goldberg on February 28, 1929, in Toronto, Ontario to parents, Irwin and Thelma (née Thelma Caplan) GGoldberg His parents were Polish Jews. A creative child, he was

encouraged by his grandmother, Mrs. Caplan, with whom he would build little cities out of scraps of wood. With these scraps from her husband's hardware store, she entertained him for hours, building imaginary houses and futuristic cities on the living room floor. His use of corrugated steel, chain link fencing, unpainted plywood and other utilitarian or "everyday" materials was partly inspired by spending Saturday mornings at his grandfather's hardware store. He would spend time drawing with his father and his mother introduced him to the world of art. "So the creative genes were there", Gehry says. "But my mother thought I was a dreamer, I wasn't gonna amount to anything. It was my father who thought I was just reticent to do things.

Frank Gehry established his practice in Los Angeles, California in 1962. The Gehry partnership, Gehry Partners, LLP, was formed in 2001 and currently supports a staff of over 120 people. Gehry Partners employs a large number of senior architects who have extensive experience in the technical development of building systems and construction documents, and who are highly qualified in the management of complex projects.

Every project undertaken by Gehry Partners is designed personally and directly by Frank Gehry. All of the resources of the firm and the extensive experience of the firm's partners are available to assist in the design effort and to carry this effort forward through technical development and construction administration. The firm relies on the use of Digital Project, a sophisticated 3D computer modeling program originally created for use by the aerospace industry, to thoroughly document designs and to rationalize the bidding, fabrication, and construction processes.

The partners in Gehry Partners, LLP are: Frank Gehry, Brian Aamoth, John Bowers, Anand Devarajan, Jennifer Ehrman, Berta Gehry, Meaghan Lloyd, Tensho Takemori, Laurence Tighe & Craig Webb.

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the pritzker architecture prize

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this award was conducted in order To honor a living architect whose built work demonstrates a combination of those qualities of talent, vision, and commitment, which has produced consistent and significant contributions to humanity and the built environment through the art of architecture.

The international prize, which is awarded each year to a living architect for significant achievement, was established by the Pritzker family of Chicago through their Hyatt Foundation in 1979. Often referred to as “architecture's Nobel” and “the profession's highest honor,” it is granted annually.

The award consists of $100,000 (US) and a bronze medallion. The award is conferred on the laureate at a ceremony held at an architecturally significant site throughout the world. now the winner of this award is the architect Wang Shu.

Architect Wang Shu. (Pritzker 2012)

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Architect Jean Nouvel (Pritzker 2008)

Architect Zaha hadid (Pritzker 2004)

Architect Frank Gehry (Pritzker 1989)

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NEW TRENDSThe first Kids collection of VONDOM.

The freshness, innocence and spontaneity reaches VONDOM by the hand of the collection AGATHA by AGATHA RUIZ DE LA PRADA, the first Kids collection of VONDOM.

The characteristic icons of the designer, perceived instantly by their simple, sweet and refined shapes. A funny, creative and optomistic composition integrated throughout infantile codes: flowers, hearts…

This Kids furniture collection consists of two basic elements, mini table and chair. A flower with large petals is the result of this mini table which is accompanied by heart-shaped stools.

Its highly resistant material allows its usage in exterior space, for b e a b l e t o e n j o y a s o u t d o o r p l a y i n g a r e a . A dream garden where catching the vitality, imagination and ingenuity of the kids thanks to these flashy design pieces.

ALEAF by Michele Franzina and Venezia Homedesign

A flexible chaise longue and an armchair at the same time, that can be used for relaxation or as a temporary workstation. Seat, back and armrest are part of the same sinuous and continuous structure. The movable supporting surface provides an easier and more comfortable seating.

the PLOT seating for Brunner.

PLOT is a spatial seating landscape for a very wide range of use. Inspired by cascaded formations in nature, it provides multiple sitting positions.

The unique way of connecting and arranging the identical modules makes it the perfect solution for any space or situation, be it an university setting, a hotel lobby or an airport. By positioning the elements either conventionally or more loosely they always fit perfectly to their surroundings.

The seat-cushion, the armrest as well as the backrest are designed to function as a seat, thereby the user is free to choose his preferred sitting posture. Different people may use a single module in many different ways enhancing informal communication within a cooperate environment. With a couple of useful add-ons everybody can customize PLOT to serve one´s individual needs.

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Faz Daybed by Ramon Esteve for VONDOM

Its geometric form, framed with clean lines and straight edges makes for a somewhat futuristic display. Who wouldn’t love the idea of simply sitting poolside in such a beautifully piece?

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Bookworm by Atelier 010

Bookworm is the sculptural answer to a commission to design and produce an organic bookcase. Due to the curved shape, the case also offers a place to sit and relax.

The self-supporting shape consists of three parts, which are assembled on site and kept upright by a stainless steel foot in the sidewall. Bending thin layers of MDF and plywood across custom-made molds creates the curved shape. The outsides of the walls are spray-painted in colour.

The Russian designer, Dima Loginoff has created some lovely lightning designs based on simple and clever ideas. He has recently made 4 different lamps (Amourette, Miami, Andrew and Curl My Light) with more or less the same expression with a curly effect draping around the light. We especially enjoy seeing the Amourette design swirling down from the ceiling like an over-sized citrus peel.

Curly Lamps, swirly designs by Dima Loginoff

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One of the university's most iconic buildings, Suzzallo Library,with its collegiate gothic style that feels more cathedral thanhouse of books, was a natural place to start. ZGF's PatrickGordon, the principal in charge of the project, explains that they wanted to “evoke the university's past with design that wassubtle, modern, and yet timeless.”

Guests to the Alumni Washington Commons are welcomedfirst by a simple etching on the wall of Suzzallo's majestic stained-glass windows, symbolic of knowledge and history.

in the boardroom. Overlooking the table is a dramatic graphic,created by Seattle's Studio SC, that depicts University ofWashington graduates and represents the university's past and future legacy.

Standing in the heart of the space, visitors are treated to a sweeping view of the campus. To the designers, it was key to make the connection between this space and the university. So etched on large picture windows is a silhouette of Memorial Way, the tree-lined formal entrance to the university's campus. On the opposing wall, a large graphic of Mt. Rainier stands in place of the real view of the mountain, which can be seen looming in the distance from several points on campus.

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The architecture is considered complete only with the

intervention of man who experiences it.............

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