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 ...

Las ventajas compositivas y constructivas de la fachada ventilada explican su rápida difusión. Emergen ofertas de productos y sistemas desde los orígenes más dispersos del sector. Estos brindan la posibilidad de industrializar el cerramiento y liberar la imagen del edificio. Pero esa diversidad de orígenes e intereses provoca cierta confusión en la síntesis de soluciones.

This comprehensive round-up features the many door and window types available today, including the most recent technical advances and design trends, with a focus on innovative materials, styles and shapes.

"This study goes beyond a formal description and esthetic analysis of house design in Mexico to offer an interpretation based on the complex network of economic, social, and cultural relations. Begins with an analysis of the indigenous home and lifestyle and continues into postrevolutionary, modern, and contemporary periods of historic transition, during which a new conception of urban space developed offering greater possibilities for individual expression. Contains many b/w plates of colonial city plans, 19th-century plans and photographs, and 20th-century photographs up to the...

El Movimiento Moderno, nacido a principios del siglo XX y liderado por Le Corbus ier, propugna un mayor racionalismo y funcionalismo en la arquitectura. Este cua rto volumen de la colección Documentos de arquitectura moderna en América Latina se centra en la vivienda social construida entre 1950 y 1965 en Argentina, Bras il, Chile y México bajo las directrices de esta escuela. Fruto del proyecto del Grupo de Investigación FORM, que dirige Teresa Rovira, el libro recoge varias re flexiones sobre el objeto de estudio y una muestra representativa de proyectos.