Nuevas ecologías

En la línea de Jane Jacobs en Muerte y vida de las ciudades y de Edward Glaeser en El triunfo de la ciudad, Jonathan F. P. Rose, un visionario en el ámbito del desarrollo urbano, aboga por el papel de las ciudades para abordar los desafíos ambientales, económicos y sociales del siglo XXI. Las ciudades son la cuna de la civilización; centros de cultura, comercio y progreso, es en ellas donde se fraguan las oportunidades y, hacia el año 2080, ellas serán también donde viva el ochenta por ciento de la población mundial. A medida que avance el siglo XXI, las áreas metropolitanas...

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...

A biographic study of the life and work of English-born Luis Long, who arrived in Mexico in 1873 and lived in León until his death in 1927, recognized as one of the most important architects of his era.

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...