Heikkinen & Komonen

The present edition graphically documents the design, construction and installationof the mega main public library Biblioteca de México "José Vasconcelos" locatedin Mexico City. In 2001 a transformation project of the Biblioteca de México proposal had three main actions: the restoration of the La Ciudadela building, the construction of a more modern and larger building and the establishment of an interchange network between the public libraries in México, where the new library was to be the central node of a national network. The new library that includes surrounding botanical garden was...

A study of Bogota viewed as a museum (outside of the traditional museum). This work offers a critical look at modern city through a series of tours through downtown Bogotá, specifically on Seventh Avenue between Calles 11 and 16 that was transformed from Bogotazo through an urban renewal project. It turned the area into a paradigm of what should be a modern Bogotá. The book discusses the aesthetic character of its architecture, the connections between traditional museums, and reaffirmed the principles of order and functionality of the modern movement and led to rules that have sought...

Excerpt from Recuerdos y Bellezas de España: Obra Destinada para Dar a Conocer Sus Monumentos, Antigüedades, Paysages Etc Véase la introduccion general que precede al tratado de Cataluña.perdónesenos esta innovacion en nuestro plan, creemos no fuera inopor tuno, antes de, internarnos en la relacion de los recuerdos y bellezas de la isla, saber algo de sus épocas mas antiguas, y presentar reunidos por via de resúmen los hechos anteriores a su restauracion, ya que-unas y. Otros dificilmente encontrarían buen lugar entre los objetos artísticos ó na turales. Ademas, la osada espedicion...

El libro analiza y clarifica un tema hasta ahora un poco estudiado: el jardín como obra de arquitectura durante el Renacimiento italiano. Se acompaña de abundante material gráfico (más de 200 ilustraciones) y un índice de nombres.