Arquitectura biológica 1

A collection of articles from experts in different fields on Valencian architecture from the medieval to modern era, focusing on vaulted systems, and based on the idea that architecture begins with the conception of an idea and ends with the disappearance of the architectural work. This book seeks to combine the history of architecture with an investigation into distinct architectural forms of expression and representation.

The book is the resulting papers from the Seminars of Latin American Architecture (SAL) organized by CEDODAL as an example of academic cooperation between Latin American architects who share their concern for the conservation of the region's architectural patrimony. This edition comprises case studies and historical, economic, social and architectural analysis of the farms and landowners of the haciendas and estancias from 7 countries of Latin America: Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, México, Perú and Puerto Rico.

Publicar arquitectura es mucho más que mostrar proyectos o productos del que uno o más arquitectos son autores. Hacer y, complementariamente, enseñar hoy arquitectura es un proceso integral y holístico del que participan numerosos actores y que se basa en el procesado crítico de información antes, durante y después de la producción de las ideas que se convertirán en proyectos y, eventualmente, en edificios. La principal característica de nuestra época es que el flujo de información disponible acerca de cualquier tema es inabarcable, y que el acceso a ella es instantáneo y masivo. ...

The book examines the long, productive and stormy relationship architect Le Corbusier had with Argentina and the series of events in consequence. His Argentinean disciples Jorge Ferrari Hardoy, Juan Kurchan and Antonio Bonet, although influenced by the master architect had their own architectonic and urban ideas. The book examines the "Austral Net" created towards the productive, plural and complex relationship of these 4 personages where the central figure is the famed Swiss architect. The book is chronologically organized and includes a selection of the most important architecture...