El Teatro Real

Pablo de la Cruz fue un arquitecto cuyas obras han aparecido constantemente en catálogos o manuales de historia de la arquitectura colombiana. Había indicios de su trabajo, se contaba con noticias fragmentadas de su obra, pero sorprendentemente la aproximación sistemática a su contribución a la cultura del país no se había hecho aún. Felizmente, el grupo de investigación, dirigido por los profesores de la Universidad Nacional Jorge Ramírez y Silvia Arango, ha decidido mantener el empeño de estudiarlo y presentar aquí el resultado. Este libro acerca de Pablo de la Cruz en realidad...

Historical-documental biography of architect-engineer Antonio Arróniz Topete (b. Jalisco 1858-1926), "the engineer of red bricks". The book documents his life and work, considered to be of one of the most extensive and complete elaborated at the end of the Porfirio Diaz regime and the first decades of the 20th century in the State of Jalisco. The book studies his architectural legacy, such as the Ex Seminario Mayor de Guadalajara, transformed into the XV Zona Militar and now the Secretaría de Cultura of Jalisco, the Escuela de Artes y Oficios del Espíritu Santo (demolished in 1953), the...

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.

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...