Ciudades imaginadas en la literatura y en las artes

A biographic study of the life and work of English-born Luis Long, who arrived in Mexico in 1873 and lived in León until his death in 1927, recognized as one of the most important architects of his era.

A través de los croquis que componen este libro, su autor, Rodrigo Pérez de Arce, no solo nos enseña a mirar la ciudad de Valparaíso con otros ojos, sino que además deja en evidencia su cariño por el puerto. La obsesión y la dedicación por recorrer los edificios, plazas y cerros queda representada en trazos que, en suma, componen la perspectiva de su autor y la mirada crítica que pone sobre ellos en sus anotaciones. En definitiva, se expone al dibujo como herramienta de observación. Con un registro que data desde los inicios de los años setenta, la representación y el análisis de ...

The book examines the long, productive and stormy relationship architect Le Corbusier had with Argentina and the series of events in consequence. His Argentinean disciples Jorge Ferrari Hardoy, Juan Kurchan and Antonio Bonet, although influenced by the master architect had their own architectonic and urban ideas. The book examines the "Austral Net" created towards the productive, plural and complex relationship of these 4 personages where the central figure is the famed Swiss architect. The book is chronologically organized and includes a selection of the most important architecture...

"CEDODAL in collaboration with the Estrada family organized an exhibition and the present accompanying book that examines the life and professional career of Argentinean architect Estrada. The book gathers various authors who review in their texts the influence German architect Hermann Jansen had over the young Estrada, his integration to the National Forests project (1934) and his legacy in the planning of urban centers, infrastructure works and tourism and hotel architecture particularly in the Patagonian region. Estrada's culmination was the Civic Center of Bariloche, (today historic and...