Kids Design

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.

Traces the career of the turn of the century Spanish architect, shows his designs for homes, apartments, schools, and churches, and discusses his unique, organic style

La presente publicación responde a una demanda de reflexión crítica en torno al lugar de la ciudad, su planificación, arquitectura y entorno sociocultural. La propuesta narrativa, señalada en anteriores publicaciones: Los axiomas del crepúsculo (1990), esplendor y fragmento (1995), Las primaveras de ilion (2010)… responde a una valoración crítica modesta en sus pretensiones historiográficas, ampliada en algunos apartados como crítica sociocultural que somete a consideración, desde la mirada del superviviente, el discurrir de la arquitectura en la heterogénea disciplina de la...

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...