El color de tu casa

A detailed guide to the buildings that architect Juan O'Gorman (b. Mexico 1905-1982) constructed in Mexico City, with maps, photographs, plans and detailed descriptions of each one. Includes many of his most noted designs: Casa-estudio Diego Rivera-Frida Kahlo, museum Anahuacalli (Diego Rivera), museum Casa Azul (Frida Kahlo) and others.

With the rapid developments in renewable resources over the last few years, environmentally-friendly housing is no longer the pipe-dream of a few radical architects and ecologists, it is now a firm reality. Small Eco Houses is a superbly illustrated volume that showcases the latest trends and architectural solutions for eco-housing. It also explores how research into alternative materials and new ways to apply traditional prime materials have paved the way for a whole new range of design options that mean aesthetics and comfort no longer have to be compromised to achieve sustainable...

"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...

La producción de vivienda formal implica no solo temas de economía urbana, paisaje de la ciudad, calidad de la estructura, ordenamiento del suelo o dinámica de los mercados inmobiliarios, temas tratados en este libro, sino que condensa la preocupación de todo colombiano hoy en día de tener un techo sobre la cabeza. Los casos de Bogotá y Barranquilla sirven para entender la cuestión en Colombia y proponen un entendimiento de la vida urbana y metropolitana más allá de las reducciones a movimientos de precios. La complejidad provoca un encuentro interdisciplinario para aproximarse a la...