Berlin Modernism

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 ...

No son muchas las oficinas chilenas que han logrado conjugar compromiso público, impacto urbano y calidad arquitectónica. Durante el siglo XX, Bresciani Valdés Castillo Huidobro es tal vez la más destacada en ese sentido. Por esa razón, en Ediciones ARQ iniciamos la serie de publicaciones digitales reeditando la monografía de esta notable oficina, que no sólo nos permite conocer su historia sino que además nos entrega importantes lecciones para el presente y futuro de nuestras ciudades.

Esta obra se centra en el Habitar y el autor lo expande y lo observa desde infinidad de ángulos. Se apoya en su tradición de profesor de historia de la arquitectura, en su ejercicio profesional de la disciplina y en su experiencia como investigador; presta oído a las voces que vienen desde la filosofía, la psicología, la antropología, el cancionero popular y otras más; analiza los contenidos de diccionarios, enciclopedias y de su propia memoria.

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.