Arquitectura sagrada

The Catalog Architecture of the Modern Movement of Peru (CAMMP) is the outcome of the investigation of the same name the University of Lima developed between 2013 and 2015. It is the first initiative that set out to inventory and document the most important buildings of the national production in the modern period. Thus, collects and systematizes information and original documents of architecture - drawings, descriptions, photographs, perspectives - found in various publications of the time and files of the authors themselves.--

Architectural guide to the city of Guadalajara, with a selection of close to 300 buildings representative of all time periods. The guide is divided in 3 sections: the first, the largest and medullar part of the book is the presentation of the buildings; a second section is an inventory of buildings important in the history of the city but now disappeared, and a third section includes location maps with recommended itineraries and routes. Each entry includes the name, date and brief history of the building and the name of the architect.

This series was the winner of the American Institute of Architects' prestigious "Award for Excellence in International Book Publishing". Each volume in this series is introduced with an essay on the architect, and a chronological or stylistic presentation of their most outstanding buildings and projects. No other series provides such a complete and concise summary of the world's leading architects' works. The volumes are fully illustrated in black-and-white with photos and project renderings.

Rasgo distintivo estético y estructural de las ciudades del siglo XX, cuyo perfil ha transformado, la "arquitectura moderna" nace y se desarrolla en buena parte del globo entre 1910 y 1970. Su concepción trajo aparejada una promesa de transformación, por su aparente capacidad para transformar ciudades sucias y abarrotadas en espacios amplios de viviendas generosas ubicados en paisajes modelados. En esta breve introducción, Adam Sharr expone el desarrollo de esta arquitectura, que ha creado poderosísimas imágenes culturales apoyándose en las innovaciones de las técnicas de...