Historia de la forma urbana

A comprehensive study on the evolution of 17th century architecture and architectonical elements in churches, civil buildings and houses in viceregal Lima, including the wooden structures using mudejar techniques. This architectural style resulted from the synergy process between indigenous and foreign construction techniques that merge to create a unique and local architecture. This is the third of a 4 volume series.

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...

La lectura rápida de cualquier revista de actualidad nos revela la existencia de un mundo del lujo y de la sofisticación que es entregado a un público masivo que aspira integrarse a él. Este impulso inspiracional llega a través de los contenidos y de las páginas de publicidad. El ideal de esta vida ostentosa tiene su punto de lanza: la moda. De ahí que sea legítimo interrogarse: ¿qué vinculación existe entre el dinero y la moda? ¿Qué nos revela el consumo? ¿Qué nos dice de quién compra y persigue objetos de moda? ¿Es nuestra época la única que ha consolidado esa alianza...

Describes the degree and license mechanisms for the professional practice of architecture in Peru from the first courses in the 19th century through the beginning of the 20th century, with a detailed presentation of the school formation of the architects from 1910 to 1950 in the School of Engineering of the university. The book was originally the author's masters thesis and won the prize "Héctor Velarde" during the XI Bienal Nacional de Arquitectura, organized in 2004 by CAP.