Biblioteca Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano

This series was the winner of the American Institute of Architects' prestigious "Award for Excellence in International Book Publishing". Each volume in this series is introduced with an essay on the architect, and a chronological or stylistic presentation of their most outstanding buildings and projects. No other series provides such a complete and concise summary of the world's leading architects' works. The volumes are fully illustrated in black-and-white with photos and project renderings.

Los maestros de la modernidad convirtieron la arquitectura doméstica en un laboratorio de cajas de aire. Sus viviendas hicieron del espacio a una caja la patria de un nuevo tiempo por conquistar. Una nueva forma de habitar surgía al calor de una nueva técnica y de una renovada intimidad. La caja establecía la relación entre un hombre viejo y un mundo nuevo que había llegado casi sin esperarlo. El interior de la vivienda especulaba la expectativa de un mundo desconocido. Aquella caja guardaba en su interior a un hombre temeroso de un mundo con el que no contaba y no conocía. Su interior ...

The author describes and discusses the influence Le Corbusier in Uruguay through a series of trips, the first done by the Swiss-French architect in 1929, and the remaining ones from the three Uruguayan architects who joined the workshop of the notable architect: Carlos Gómez Gavazzo, in 1933, Justino Serralta, in 1948, and Carlos Clémot, in 1949. The study also includes aspects of Antonio Bonet Castellana's trip, who was there in 1937 and in Uruguay from 1945 to 1948, and additionally analyzes what Eladio Dieste learned from his "Le Courvoisier partners" Serralta and Clémot as well as the...

The Design of the home continues to be of great interest to both architects and designers. How to configure a living space according to the characteristics of a site and the specification of the client is still the starting point of any house project. However, the final solutions can be as diverse as they can be interesting. This publication takes a specific look at the way architecture will evolve when regarding inhabitations around the world due to climatic changes and different cultural expectations.