Rafael Urzúa

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.

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...

"Excellent and well-documented account of 16th-century architecture in Metztitlán, Hidalgo, written by a professional architect and accomplished scholar. Describes Metztitlán's geographic history and the technical construction and development of its architecture. Also provides a contemporary analysis. Contains thorough photographic documentation, colonial maps, contemporary ground plans and elevations of churches, as well as renderings of architectural details and mural decorations"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

En este libro se presenta una metodología que sirve de apoyo para llevar a cabo una planificación territorial sostenible de desarrollo futuro de los espacios metropolitanos. Dicha metodología abarcará de manera conjunta e integrada diferentes aspectos cruciales relacionados con este fenómeno. Así, en primer lugar, es necesario conocer en profundidad las pautas, implicaciones, características, etc., del crecimiento, experimentado por los espacios metropolitanos a través del estudio en detalle de los cambios socioeconómicos y territoriales registrados y la incidencia de los distintos...