La red austral

El DVD-ROM contiene los materiales fotográficos presentados en formato electrónico que acompañan al texto impreso.

La Orden Militar de Santa María de Montesa fue creada por el rey Jaime II en 1317. Sus caballeros recibieron un legado en tierras y fortalezas que habían tenido un importante pasado por haber pertenecido a otros dueños y señores: las Órdenes Militares del Temple y del Hospital. Este libro realiza un seguimiento histórico y presentan un análisis descriptivo de los elementos constructivos de los castillos de esta milicia, para obtener una visión global que estudia, posteriormente, las diferencias y semejanzas de esas construcciones y reflexiona sobre el papel desempeñado en sus...

"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...

In the immediate postwar years, a new type of modern architecture emerges. Beatriz Colomina presents domesticity as a potent new weapon in a changed architectural battlefield. This architecture becomes the property of the middle-class consumer bombarded with images of domestic bliss, a lifestyle campaign launched through recycled military techniques. The significance of architects like Charles and Ray Eames lies in their sensitivity to buildings and images both defining space. Colomina is Director of Princeton University's Architecture PhD program and acclaimed author of Privacy and Publicity ...