Author: Andrés Barba
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In 1881, without speaking a word of English and with $ 40,000, the Valencian architect Rafael Guastavino traveled to New York with the intention of patenting the medieval technique of the partitioned vault. But that eventful journey is more than the umpteenth version of the cliché of the "American dream". / En 1881, sin hablar una palabra de inglés y con 40.000 dólares procedentes de una estafa de valores, el arquitecto valenciano Rafael Guastavino viaja a Nueva York con intención de patentar allí la técnica medieval de la bóveda tabicada. Pero ese accidentado viaje –que culmina en su participación en edificios tan emblemáticos como Grand Central Station, la catedral de St. John the Divine o el puente de Queensboro– es algo más que la enésima versión del cliché del «sueño americano». Guastavino es la demostración palpable de hasta qué punto una identidad arquitectónica nacional puede nacer de un modo completamente aleatorio e inesperado.
Pages: 104
Imprint: Anagrama
Format: Paperback
Collection: Narrativas hispánicas
BISAC Code: FIC041000
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