Casas internacional 183: Extremadura

"Critical study and research of the life and architecture of Urzúa (b. Mexico) who along architects Luis Barragán and Ignacio Díaz Morales started the localartistic movement known as "regionalismo" in Guadalajara. The edition is divided in 3 sections: his life, closely related to his architecture, an illustrated catalogue of his life production and acollection of facsimile copies of documents from his personal archives"--Provided by vendor.

El objetivo de esta obra es dar a conocer la formacion y la ejecucion inicial de una de las piezas mas significativas de la urbanistica del siglo XIX: el Ensanche de Barcelona, segun el proyecto de Ildefonso Cerda, la transformacion de un territorio rural desconocido, la tecnica de su construccion y el sector inmobiliario que lo desarrollo, explicando no solo el hecho urbanistico sino tambien una parte importante de la historia de Barcelona. Dicha publicacion se enmarca en la linea de los trabajos de investigacion que los profesores del LUB han venido desarrollando desde finales de los anos...

Perspectives on how the city is Imagined in Latin America. Focussing on Latin America as an urban case study, an examination of urban imaginaries and the construct of our relationships with cities. Perspectives from anthropologists, sociologists, artists, and psychologists.

Colombian architect Rogelio Salmona has translated pragmatic and poetic concepts and intentions into physical form. These result from the architect's deep communion with and understanding of the materials and processes, as well as of the historic-cultural context in which his architectural intervention takes place. Salmona's oeuvre, including such notable examples as the Torres del Parque (1967) in Bogota, the Presidential House for Illustrious Guests (1981) in Cartagena, the Quimbaya Museum (1983) in Armenia and the National Archive of the Nation (1992) in Bogota, is without doubt one of the ...