Arquitectura y urbanismo en Iberoamérica

A major critical study by noted architect and researcher Ramón Gutiérrez on the different phases of the history and evolution of the architectural patrimony of Paraguay spanning from primitive and colonial times to present days. The book includes a large collection of period photographs and color reproductions of the watercolors of the city of Asuncion done between 1855 and 1856 by French traveler Francisco Vincent of colonial and old Asuncion that graphically document how the original urban profile of Asunción has paid the tribute of the urban development and progress sacrificing its most ...

Francisco de la Maza nos lleva por un recorrido en el M xico del siglo XVII: la ciudad y sus habitantes, las inundaciones, la Universidad, los conventos, parroquias y hospitales, pasan revista en este libro que, dentro de su concisi n, ofrece el ameno retrato de un siglo.

La figura del jefe de obra resulta imprescindible en la construccion actual. Es un vertice en el que confluyen los intereses, muchas veces cruzados, de los distintos agentes del proceso edificatorio definidos en la LOE. Ejercer tan delicada funcion no requiere sin embargo, una titulacion academica especifica. El proposito de este libro es proporcionar conocimientos y fomentar la reflexion a aquellos que desean adentrarse en el complejo mundo de la direccion ejecutiva de las obras. Asimismo, pone en evidencia las carencias que padecen estos profesionales para formarse de forma reglada, de lo...

London is famous for Big Ben; Paris for the Eiffel Tower; Rome for the Colosseum. Barcelona, on the other hand, is not identified by one or two famous buildings as these other European cities, but rather by an entire movement of turn-of-the-century architecture known simply as Modernisme. Familiar to Americans as art nouveau, its most famous practitioner was the artist and architect Antoni Gaudi. But the city is filled with superb examples of art nouveau in vivid color in Barcelona Art Nouveau. This book offers a tour of 46 houses, public buildings, and monuments in the art-nouveau style,...

A serious study and analysis that addresses the symbolism, ornamentation, and history one of Mexico's historic architectural monuments, the Chapel of Loreto.