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Josep Maria Montaner

    This author is a recognized critic of architecture and design, holding a doctorate in Architecture. As an official professor of Composition at the School of Architecture in Barcelona, they have authored numerous publications exploring the history, theory, and critique of architecture and design. Their work often delves into the relationship between architectural space and contemporary society, with a particular focus on the evolution of industrial architecture and museum spaces. Their contributions to major encyclopedias and newspapers highlight their role in shaping discourse on architectural heritage and its future.

    Die Museumsbauten der neuen Generation
    Neue Museen
    Barcelona
    Hotel Attraction : una catedral laica : el gratacel de Gaudí a New York
    Arquitectura contemporània a Catalunya
    Museums for the 21st Century
    • Museums for the 21st Century

      • 160 pages
      • 6 hours of reading

      If since the end of the 18th century and throughout the nineteenth the museum was consolidated as a new public institution, at the beginning of the 21st century the museum has become a place for the massive influx of an active public and has become integrated into consumer culture in its broadest sense. The museum's relationship with the city and society, as a generator of large urban spaces and a magnet for tourists, has also contributed to the total mutation of the museum's traditional building type. Profusely illustrated with examples of recent museums, this book is organised into eight chapters, each describing one of the eight trends that can be considered the predominant forms of contemporary museums.

      Museums for the 21st Century
    • Arquitectura contemporània a Catalunya

      • 185 pages
      • 7 hours of reading

      Aquest llibre ressegueix les característiques més significatives de l'arquitectura catalana al llarg de més d'un segle, des del 1888 fins al 2005. Un període que, malgrat el temps, l'evolució i els canvis polítics, manté una certa coherència i continuïtat, posseix el caràcter d'un ampli cicle històric contemporani. Aquests trets comencen amb l'eclosió d'una mena de pre-avantguarda tan exuberant com el modernisme i una figura internacional com Antoni Gaudí. Segueix l'actitud eclètica i productivista del noucentisme, que es manté fins als anys cinquanta.

      Arquitectura contemporània a Catalunya