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Este libro pretende poner a disposición del lector en castellano una parte de la obra de Le Corbusier que hasta ahora no se podía encontrar sino de manera dispersa. Tomando como punto de partida los XI Rencontres de la Fundación Le Corbusier, Le symbolique, le sacré, la spiritualité (París: Editions de la Villete, 2004), en este volumen se recogen diversos ensayos que abordan el tratamiento del espacio sagrado en la obra del arquitecto franco-suizo, y más precisamente, su materialización en los edificios proyectados para el culto católico. Se ha incorporado documentación inédita,...

The book is the resulting papers from the Seminars of Latin American Architecture (SAL) organized by CEDODAL as an example of academic cooperation between Latin American architects who share their concern for the conservation of the region's architectural patrimony. This edition comprises case studies and historical, economic, social and architectural analysis of the farms and landowners of the haciendas and estancias from 7 countries of Latin America: Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, México, Perú and Puerto Rico.

Text (in Spanish) and images complement each other to create a narrative thread that offers informative insights into the architect's intellectual and visual imagination and expands our understanding of Olgiati's oeuvre.

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.