Heikkinen & Komonen

Documentos para la Historia de la restauración es una selección de fuentes básicas para entender la evolución de la teoría y la historia de la restauración en Europa en los últimos doscientos años. El objetivo de la misma es poner a disposición de estudiantes y profesionales una colección ordenada y contextualizada de los ensayos que aparecen citados reiteradamente, dada su importancia en la mayoría de los estudios sobre el tema. La intención es propiciar el contacto directo con el texto original, en muchos casos de difícil localización o que todavía no había sido traducido al ...

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 ...

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.

A Compilation of 30 Innovative Architectonic Inventions in Catalonia. The architecture produced in Catalonia has often been in the vanguard of Europe, especially since Barcelona hosted the 1992 Olympics. This book is an exciting overview of innovative spaces and techniques made in Catalonia, presenting a cross section of 'products' as well as the buildings and environments for which they were conceived. The products solve specific program requirements, new social demands, environmental needs, budget limitations and design aspirations to improve on the status quo. They are proving grounds of...