Arquitectura y urbanismo en Iberoamérica

A major critical study by noted architect and researcher Ramón Gutiérrez on the different phases of the history and evolution of the architectural patrimony of Paraguay spanning from primitive and colonial times to present days. The book includes a large collection of period photographs and color reproductions of the watercolors of the city of Asuncion done between 1855 and 1856 by French traveler Francisco Vincent of colonial and old Asuncion that graphically document how the original urban profile of Asunción has paid the tribute of the urban development and progress sacrificing its most ...

Having graduated from Cornell University, Richard Meier established his own architectural firm in New York City in 1963, around a group known as the "Five Architects" of New York. This book includes 70 works and projects, chronologically ordered, from his first private houses around New York, to the most recent cultural centres, museums, corporate buildings and city planning for different cities in Europe, Asia and USA. This book, abundantly illustrated and documented, offers a chronological survey, from the first houses in the Hamptons to the most recent buildings including the Getty Center...

La Mesa VIS-Diego Echeverr y Campos surge en el año 2000 bajo la dirección de Diego Echeverry Campos con el acompañamiento de la Dirección de Vivienda del anterior Ministerio de Desarrollo Económico y desde entonces congrega a una diversidad de importantes actores para compartir experiencias y propuestas y discutir temas de relevancia para el sector. La Mesa mantiene una dinámica de reuniones mensuales y como parte de sus actividades realiza foros sobre temas de amplio interés para la sociedad colombiana, en el ámbito de la vivienda social. En esta oportunidad interesó ampliamente al ...

Este libro proclama la necesidad de una sólida base técnica para los arquitectos, y es reflejo del curso de Construcción que su autor, Ramón Araujo (San Sebastián, 1957) imparte en la ETSAM. La postura de Araujo, su reivindicación de esa sabiduría técnica que permite dar respuestas totales a los problemas que se plantean a los arquitectos, es bien conocida tanto por sus artículos en revistas especializadas (es colaborador habitual de Tectónica) y sus libros considerados ya como clásicos: Industria y Arquitectura (Madrid, 1991) y Construir con acero (Madrid, 1994), como a través de ...

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. ...