LA SENDAÏ MEDIA LITERATURE by TOYO ITO A 50 x 50 m glass cube. Toyo Ito does not propose a single, full volume in which the columns, floors and glass skin come together in a masterful effect. On the contrary, the three elements seem independent of each other. Presentation and comments by JULI CAPELLA ?Toyo Ito is 21st century architecture in its purest form. More simplicity and richness can hardly be found in a building? NANCY'S JEAN PROUVÉ LA by JEAN PROUVÉ In 1953, Jean Prouvé was going through the worst crisis of his life, he built his own house, created urgently, improvised, which embodied his most innovative ideas. Already in the 1930s, he dreamed of building with the same precision with which cars and airplanes are manufactured. Presentation and comments by ROBERT BRUFAU ?The great attraction of Prouvé is innovation. He invented an architectural type for the structure.? LA PARIS SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS by FÉLIX DUBAN In the heart of Paris, the Duban School of Fine Arts offers its students a compendium of the history of architecture. The temple of the Beaux-Arts style, copied all over the world. Presentation and comments by NORMAN CINNAMOND ?The intention was for art students to be able to draw everything. Is it like an open warehouse of works of art? LA BARBARO VILLA OF MASER by ANDREA PALLADIO Around 1560, the Barbaros, one of the largest families in Venice, commissioned the architect Andrea Palladio to build a country house and the painter Paolo Calliari - The Veronese ?, the frescoes of its interiors. Presentation and comments by RICARDO BOFILL ?Palladio is a stone, a key reference point, the architect with the most influence in the history of architecture? - Spanish, Català, Français, Englis