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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).

un libro editado por Diseño Editorial y dirigido por Mario Sabugo con textos de Raúl Horacio Campodónico, Horacio Caride Bartrons, Beatriz García Moreno, Rodolfo Giunta, Mario Sabugo, Maximiliano Salomón, Gabriela Sorda, Ileana Versace y Johanna Zimmerman. Se trata de nuevas contribuciones a una teoría de los imaginarios del habitar, sus aplicaciones y las diferentes contraposiciones de las significaciones instituidas y las significaciones alternativas en lo referente a la ciudad, la arquitectura y los diversos sistemas de acciones, ambientes y objetos del habitar.

The private single family house is still very much the preferred choice of home. Yet in recent years there have been many changes not only in the personal situations of the residents, their expectations and desires, but also in the rising costs of energy and raw materials. This has meant that issues such as multi-functionalism, the use of innovative building materials or energy-efficient building methods are increasing in significance. These topical developments have been taken into consideration. The authors introduce floor plan solutions using contemporary projects which bear in mind...

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...