Al fondo de la arquitectura

A biographic study of the life and work of English-born Luis Long, who arrived in Mexico in 1873 and lived in León until his death in 1927, recognized as one of the most important architects of his era.

Located in Mexico City, Tatiana Bilbao Estudio is well known internationally for its use of traditional Mexican construction techniques, the highly sculptural effects of its buildings and its unusually collaborative approach toward each client. Founded by Tatiana Bilbao (born 1972) in 2004, its completed buildings include the Gratitude Open Chapel in La Ruta del Peregrino, Gabriel Orozco's house in Roca Blanca and the botanical garden in Culiacan. The enormous production of ideas and designs that takes place there is directed to different spaces, in which the architecture is deeply humanized. ...

El declive, la decadencia y el deterioro son parte necesaria de la vida y del crecimiento; debemos aprender a valorarlos y a gestionarlos bien. Éste es uno de los mensajes del último libro póstumo de Kevin Lynch. De todas las criaturas vivas, los humanos somos los supremos creadores de desechos, aunque sólo recientemente hemos comenzado a pensar seriamente acerca de las formas de nuestro derroche. Va quedando claro que nuestros desechos nos afectan profundamente; amenazan nuestros sentimientos, nuestra salud y nuestro confort diario, así como nuestra propia subsistencia. Kevin Lynch...

This number of the monographic series is dedicated to restoration specialist, architect and watercolor painter Villa Chávez (b. Mexico). This extensive study of Villa Chávez life and architecture is divided in 2 parts: the first reviews his academic career and his professional practice in Guadalajara and Colima. A second part reviews in detail his restoration projects, his architecture, his open space interventions and his pictorial production (watercolors and drawings). Amongst other academic contributions Villa Chávez founded the School of Architecture in the University of Colima and was ...