Introducción a la tecnología arquitectónica

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 ...

Les noms de Paul Guinard et de Marcel Durliat suffisent à prouver la tradition ancienne liant l'Université de Toulouse-le Mirail à la production artistique espagnole. En 2007, le département d'histoire de l'art de cette université, avec le soutien de la Casa de Velâzquez, a initié un cycle de trois journées d'études sur le thème des échanges artistiques entre la France et l'Espagne. Rassemblant des universitaires et des doctorants, elles ont successivement portées sur l'architecture (novembre 2007), la sculpture (mars 2009) et la peinture (mai 2010). Le présent recueil, qui...

An architecture school celebrates its 10th anniversary by publishing representative student work, but concerned with how readers often fail to acknowledge and ultimately disregard the relevance of student ideas, reducing them to mere image-making. Instead of listing projects by type or name, it was decided they would be presented in question format (bilingually), underlining the importance of inquiry over image. Question entries numbered from 1 to 100 (grouped by theme) predetermined the books format. Elegance (it is about architecture) and informality (but also about students) had to be...

"Major survey of Ibero-American 21st century architects details the work of 40 architects"--Provided by vendor.