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 ...

A comprehensive study on the evolution of 17th century architecture and architectonical elements in churches, civil buildings and houses in viceregal Lima, including the wooden structures using mudejar techniques. This architectural style resulted from the synergy process between indigenous and foreign construction techniques that merge to create a unique and local architecture. This is the third of a 4 volume series.

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.--

El siglo XVIII mexicano historiado en este tomo es de especial riqueza en la produccion arquitectonica debido a su importancia en la consolidacion y definicion de la silueta de las ciudades virreinales. El texto resena obras extraordinarias, pero tambien incorpora el analisis de los diversos generos de edificios caracteristicos de la vida cotidiana; analisis que parte de un fenomeno mas amplio: la ciudad como estructura y soporte de distintas edificaciones.

Éste es un libro que no pretende pontificar sobre un modelo de comportamiento, sin embargo, trata de lograr un espacio en la conciencia de cada uno de nosotros para ser, hacer y aprender de otro modo. Esta visión obliga a los profesores de Educación Física, kinesiólogos y entrenadores, a saber que los estímulos funcionales deben ser aplicados en armonía con la naturaleza humana, aprovechando posibilidades, cubriendo carencias y respetando las limitaciones de cada caso, y estimula a hacer actividades físicas como componente vital para la realización del hombre. Por lo que aquí se...