Casas de la vieja Cuba

Text (in Spanish) and images complement each other to create a narrative thread that offers informative insights into the architect's intellectual and visual imagination and expands our understanding of Olgiati's oeuvre.

La història del disseny arquitectònic en l’Edat Mitjana ha estat el nostre punt de partida per a estudiar els sistemes voltats del gòtic valencià. Amb aquests coneixements previs s’aborda aquesta obra, sobre la base d’un catàleg elaborat amb aquest motiu de les creueries dels edificis estudiats. Partim del convenciment que el dibuix era l’eina imprescindible en la producció de les estructures voltades. Per aquesta raó, seguint el sistema medieval de traces i plantilles, dibuixem totes i cada una de les creueries més representatives de l’àmbit valencià. El dibuix permet...

"Critical study and research of the life and architecture of Urzúa (b. Mexico) who along architects Luis Barragán and Ignacio Díaz Morales started the localartistic movement known as "regionalismo" in Guadalajara. The edition is divided in 3 sections: his life, closely related to his architecture, an illustrated catalogue of his life production and acollection of facsimile copies of documents from his personal archives"--Provided by vendor.

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