On-Site: New Architecture in Spain : [exposición, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, February 12 - May 1, 2006]

Terence Riley

The Museum of Modern Art, 2005 - Architecture - 280 pages

This publication and the exhibition it accompanies feature 36 important architectural projects throughout Spain, a country that in recent years has become known as an international center for design innovation and excellence. The projects, all of which will be in construction in 2006, are seen in relation to 14 other major architectural accomplishments that have been completed in Spain within the last five years. The projects reflect diversity both in geography and in the architects who conceive them--"from relative newcomers to established practitioners--"and also represent a wide range of scales, including a private house and a new international airport. In addition to presenting the accomplishments of Spanish architects, approximately a third of the projects included have been authored by architects from other countries in Europe, Asia, and the United States. The publication includes an introductory essay by Terence Riley, The Phillip Johnson Chief Curator of the Department of Architecture and Design at The Museum of Modern Art.

Contents

• Foreword Glenn D Lowry: 7
• Projects With texts by Peter Christensen Tina diCarlo: 33
• Valleaceron Chapel I Almadenejos Ciudad Real: 40
• City of Culture of Galicia I Santiago de Compostela: 48
• Edificio Zaida I Granada: 54
• Metropol Parasol I Sevilla: 60
• City Hall Facade I Manresa Barcelona: 66
• Museum of Andalucía I Granada: 76
• Woermann Complex I Las Palmas de Gran Canaria: 82
• Relaxation Park I Torrevieja Alicante: 88
• House in a Cherry Orchard I Granada: 94
• Arts Center I LaCoruña: 100
• Alcalá de Henares Madrid: 110
• Tennis Center I Madrid: 116
• Hotel at Marqués de Riscal Winery I Elciego La Rioja: 122
• Health Center I Santa Eulalia Ibiza: 132
• Casa Levene I San Lorenzo de El Escorial Madrid: 140
• Sharing Tower I Valencia: 150
• Selected Bibliography Peter Christensen: 278

About the author

John Szarkowski is director emeritus of the Department of Photography, The Museum of Modern Art, New York. He is the author of many works on photography.
Terence Riley is Chief Curator of the Department of Architecture and Design at The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Riley wrote an introduction for Visions of Wright.

Bibliographic information

• Title: On-Site: New Architecture in Spain : [exposición, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, February 12 - May 1, 2006]; Exposiciones, Museum of Modern Art (Nueva York).
• Editor: Terence Riley
• Contributor: Terence Riley
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: The Museum of Modern Art, 2005
• ISBN: 0870704990, 9780870704994
• Length: 280 pages
• Subjects: Architecture / Buildings / Public, Commercial & Industrial; Architecture / History / General