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 ...

History of the construction of Caracas between 1937 and 1957. Based on interviews with local architects, engineers, urban planners, entrepreneurs and government officials.

This series is the best reference available for information on today's leading architects, and presents their work in an affordable and thoroughly illustrated format. Each book begins with an overview of the architect's style and accomplishments written by a leading architecture critic. Then, approximately twenty noteworthy works and projects are discussed by the architect and presented in detail with site plans, drawings, and black-and-white photographs.

The present edition publishes part of the research papers presented during the "Seminario de Investigación Arquitectura para la Producción" organized by the university of Michoacán between 2001 and 2002 that included the participation of national and international academics. The book gathers 23 collective and individual multidisciplinary works that examine from various perspectives the history of architecture in rural areas. Works are mainly focused in the colonial territory of the ex-bishopry of Michoacán divided in 4 main topics: Space, settlements, technology and environment and...

Esta historia inconclusa se inicia en la colonia colonial. Trata del transcurrir de un edificio que nació a partir de un Concurso, y que se intentó destruir mediante otro Concurso. Muestra la evolución de las maneras de pensar la Salud Mental, y formular la Arquitectura concebida a partir de la ideología dominante. Esta es puesta en crisis. A partir de los fracasos genera nuevas propuestas, no siempre propicias. Los recursos destinados a la Salud Mental siempre fueron insuficientes. Vemos las riquezas y miserias de lo realizado, y la creatividad puesta en diversos esfuerzos. Rescatamos la ...