Patrimonio urbano de la Ciudad de México: la herencia disputada

"Este libro es el resultado de un trabajo de investigación llevado a cabo desde la Universidad Nacional de Colombia, sede Manizales, orientado a identificar las características formales y constructivas de las estructuras laminares [membranas y plegaduras] diseñadas y edificadas en Colombia durante un período de veinticinco años contados a partir de 1945, por profesionales nacionales que conocían bien lo que por entonces ocurría en el contexto de la arquitectura internacional y de manera particular en el campo de los sistemas estructurales destinados a cubrir grandes superficies con...

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"Critical study and research of the life and architecture of Urzúa (b. Mexico) who along architects Luis Barragán and Ignacio Díaz Morales started the localartistic movement known as "regionalismo" in Guadalajara. The edition is divided in 3 sections: his life, closely related to his architecture, an illustrated catalogue of his life production and acollection of facsimile copies of documents from his personal archives"--Provided by vendor.

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