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 ...

Leonardo Rucabado Gómez (Castro Urdiales, Cantabria, 1875-1918), arquitecto e ingeniero, se formó en Barcelona con los maestros del Modernismo, y desarrolló su arquitectura en Vizcaya, Cantabria y Madrid, utilizando una variedad de estilos, que después negará para concluir en el «Regionalismo». Ha sido considerado simplemente como un arquitecto del «regionalismo montañés», limitando su alcance, pero fue un hombre conocedor de la cultura europea y capaz de elaborar y presentar al debate público una propuesta general para la arquitectura española, en paralelo a lo que otros hacían ...

In this work, which is based on heritage architecture and cultural studies, the relationship between communities and habitat is studied to understand their way of conceiving and inhabiting the urban territory. The author participation in the Plan Especial de Manejo y Protección (PEMP) of the set of architectural assets of Republican architecture of Quibdó led her to question the handling of historical centers containing declared architectural assets in the country. The stories made invisible or denied by hegemonic heritage perspectives "were the route charted within the framework of the PhD ...

Presents the works and experiences of 11 renowned architects who decided, for different reasons, to continue their architectural profession outside their native Argentina, with an illustrated analysis of their most recent works.