Madrid. Architectural Guide

Buildings and Projects since 1919
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-3-86922-398-8
Verlag: DOM Publishers

Buch, Englisch, 176 Seiten, PB, Format (B × H): 139 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 402 g

Reihe: Architekturführer/Architectural Guide

This guidebook showcases 150 buildings from the past 100 years starting with one of the most ­influ­ential urban projects ever: the Gran Vía. This main ­avenue marked a milestone for ­Madrid which went from being a historic city to the modern capital that it is today. This intervention had been ongoing for ­almost two decades with the initial phase of ­construction reaching completion circa. 1917. A selection of the most relevant buildings thereafter until the present day sheds light on Madrid’s architecture in relation to its inherent ­historical ­context, includ­ing the need for the reconstruction of built ­heritage after the ­Spanish Civil War, the influence of the ­Franco dictator­ship lasting for almost forty years, and the new ­materials and ­collaborative archi­tecture that have ­arisen ­during the current economic crisis, among other aspects. Seven proposed routes lead us through the ­different districts that make up the city, as well as those historic epochs that have made Madrid the city it is today.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Valle Robles, Juan

Valle Robles, Irene

Über Autor(innen)

Valle Robles, Irene
Irene Valle Robles, Madrid, born in 1985. Graduated in Architecture in 2013, ­Universidad Europea de Madrid, she went to the École Spéciale d’Architecture in Paris on an annual academic exchange programme. Her interest in rehabilitation enabled her to collaborate with the Department of Urban Renewal Strategy of the Madrid City Council on the Executive Summary of the Master Plan for Intervention on the Gran Vía. She has also worked at the Architects Association of Madrid as an assistant architect for the management and preservation of its buildings.

Valle Robles, Juan
Juan Valle Robles, Madrid, born in 1979. Dr. Architect, Universidad Europea de ­Madrid. Graduated in 2005 and PhD in 2013 with an outstanding grade in his thesis Global City. Metropolitan sustainability: cities in the Persian Gulf. His professional career as an architect and project manager has developed in an international context. His lines of research focus on the sustainable future of cities in the Middle East. In 2014 and 2015 he collaborated as an expert with the United Nations at the Sustainable Latin American Cities Conferences, in Lima and Mexico DF.