From biography to psychoanalysis of architectural projects! We have listed several reading options for your Christmas gifts
Submitted at Dec 6, 2023, 12:00 PM
Books are always a great option for gifts to friends and family this Christmas , so we have put together a list of 8 architecture books that you can't miss. From biographies to psychoanalysis of architectural projects , these works will undoubtedly win over your literary palate . Write down your favorite now!
(Divulgação/CASACOR)
If you are passionate about the architecture of the city of São Paulo , this book cannot be left off your 2023 reading list. Based on a significant sample of 124 buildings – including parks, schools, residences, residential and commercial towers, galleries, clubs and other works of the most varied functions – this guide brings 12 itineraries that are not limited to the central areas of the city of São Paulo, but that also include works from peripheral areas and even from neighboring municipalities .
(Divulgação Nara Roesler/CASACOR)
Over 250 pages, "Ruy Ohtake: architecture for people" seeks to emphasize the social function present in the architect's work - an aspect that has been little explored in analyses of his production, with emphasis on the actions carried out, for example, in the community of Heliópolis , in São Paulo.
(Divulgação/CASACOR)
The result of twenty years of research, this is the definitive biography of the iconic architect Lina Bo Bardi , written by Zeuler R. Lima , which offers an unprecedented and sensitive look at the life and personality of this fascinating woman, with a delightful narrative and a series of photographs and drawings by the architect.
(Divulgação/CASACOR)
Designed to offer basic notions of psychoanalysis to architects and help them interpret the demands of their clients, this book brings together stories that express recurring situations in the routine of these professionals crossed with explanations of concepts and reflections by the author on each case.
Shirlei Zonis, a practicing architect with training in psychoanalytic theory, analyzes subliminal motivations , signs and recurring situations in the professional relationship with clients of architectural projects.
(Divulgação/CASACOR)
Built space, when understood as something that is reflected in our way of acting, feeling and thinking, is an important element of our constitution as individual and social subjects. Roughly speaking, this is the basis of the astute and profound argument that Lucy Huskinson develops in this essay, bringing a very broad view of the phenomenon, based on the great contemporary psychoanalysts and architects , elaborating a forceful critique of architectural practice while at the same time elaborating a lucid parallel between the body and the space of human habitation, mediated by psychoanalysis.
(Divulgação/CASACOR)
Head of the architecture firm GPA&A since 1974, Gustavo Penna has overseen important projects in Brazil, such as the renovation of the Mineirão-Mineirinho stadium for the 2014 World Cup and the Memorial to Japanese Immigration in Brazil, in Minas Gerais. Divided into three thematic notebooks, “Architecture Gustavo Penna Impressions” sheds light on the architect's creative process , covering references, projects and the final result.
(Divulgação/CASACOR)
In this book, Aldo Rossi analyzes the issue of the formation of the city and the entire process of its emergence and transformation, as a creation inseparable from civil life and the society in which it manifests itself.
The work is divided into four parts: the first deals with problems of description and classification of the city , that is, typological problems; the second, the structure of the city by parts; the third, the architecture of the city and the locus in which it exists; the fourth part alludes to the main questions of urban dynamics and the problem of politics as a choice.
