Wine & Design

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.

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 ...

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Mujeres, Casas y Ciudades propone una reescritura de la historia de la arquitectura y el urbanismo a partir de las aportaciones realizadas por mujeres que han sido silenciadas en las historias generales. El libro se enfoca en el entorno habitado, desde el diseño a la política, de la arquitectura al urbanismo; todo ello sintetizado en la casa y la ciudad, como representación de lo privado y lo público. La casa como metáfora de la arquitectura, la ciudad como síntesis de las acciones humanas. Además, hacerlo desde una postura feminista implica necesariamente la deconstrucción de la...