Teoría del proyecto

A set of essays on the modern architecture in the city of Bogota. The articles are the result of the concerns of the authors around the utility of the buildings that make up the history of modern architecture in the country for the understanding of the problems of the contemporary city. The raised arguments include project dimensions, which includes urban, landscape, building and technique.ʺ--Back cover (translated by Karno Books).

Who ever said you can't have it all? This highly useful and decorative guide profiles lodgings around the world where you can enjoy the hippest of hospitality without breaking the bank. Including affordable hotels in locales as varied as Amsterdam and Cape Town, this guide makes sure your vacation fantasies can become reality.

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 ...

A lo largo del siglo XVI Sevilla recibió dos visitas reales de gran trascendencia: en 1526 la del emperador Carlos V para contraer matrimonio con la princesa Isabel de Portugal; en 1570 la de Felipe II, que se encontraba en Andalucía tras la pacificación de las Alpujarras. En ambas ocasiones, la ciudad se revistió de galas clasicistas mediante una serie de arquitecturas efímeras. A través del estudio de esos programas decorativos se pueden deducir las aspiraciones de Sevilla, que en un breve lapso de tiempo iba a experimentar un notable crecimiento y una auténtica metamorfosis. En...

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.