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 ...

"Excellent and well-documented account of 16th-century architecture in Metztitlán, Hidalgo, written by a professional architect and accomplished scholar. Describes Metztitlán's geographic history and the technical construction and development of its architecture. Also provides a contemporary analysis. Contains thorough photographic documentation, colonial maps, contemporary ground plans and elevations of churches, as well as renderings of architectural details and mural decorations"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

Este libro dedicado a los seguidores del diseño de interiores, enumera las variables que se manejan en todo proceso creativo de una manera clara, definida. Está explicado de forma sencilla, con ejemplos que simplifican la comprensión de cada tema abordado y hacen fácil su lectura. Se hace hincapié en la intencionalidad formal del espacio y se dan las nociones necesarias para el logro del significado buscado.

Hospitals and health centers are a unique category of architecture with clearly defined characteristics. Health architecture must offer imaginative, constructive responses and flexible solutions to the problems raised by this special and flexible solutions to the problems raised by this special type of facility: planning, budgets and space as well as the idiosyncrasies arising from each particular field of health. New Health Facilities presents the best examples of health architecture constructed in recent years and each of the architects demonstrates a solid understanding of the need to...

La evolución de la vivienda argentina es la culminación de una larga investigación sobre el desarrollo de la vivienda. Para un abordaje claro se efectuó un reconto de los diferentes períodos de nuestra historia, lo que permite explicar el desarrollo de la vivienda social en el país. Esta investigación tomó entonces como base el análisis de la sociedad y sus problemáticas en la última mitad del siglo XIX, y los cambios sociales y los planes de vivienda de interés social durante el siglo XX. Llegando así al siglo XXI a una Argentina inmersa en un profundo proceso de...