Patrimonio urbano de la Ciudad de México: la herencia disputada

Having graduated from Cornell University, Richard Meier established his own architectural firm in New York City in 1963, around a group known as the "Five Architects" of New York. This book includes 70 works and projects, chronologically ordered, from his first private houses around New York, to the most recent cultural centres, museums, corporate buildings and city planning for different cities in Europe, Asia and USA. This book, abundantly illustrated and documented, offers a chronological survey, from the first houses in the Hamptons to the most recent buildings including the Getty Center...

With numerous maps, photographs and illustrations, this volume presents a detailed and intelligent analysis of the city.

En marzo de 2012, se formalizó una alianza entre Cavis-UT y la Universidad de los Andes para diseñar y llevar a cabo el Programa Profesionales -Estructuración de proyectos de Vivienda de Interés Social Municipal-. La experiencia fue una oportunidad para reunir en un ambiente académico a 47 profesionales vinculados a 35 Cajas de Compensación y a la Unión Temporal con un grupo de profesores e investigadores a fin de intercambiar saberes y experiencias. Este libro reúne la propuesta académica e institucional del programa, así como los resultados de la metodología desarrollada en el...

Winner of the 2020 SAMLA Studies Book Award — Edited Collection Cities both near and far communicate in a variety of ways. Travel between, through, and among urban centers initiates contact, and cities themselves are sites of ever-changing cultural and historical encounters. Predictable and surprising challenges and opportunities arise when city borders are crossed, voices meet, and artistic traditions find their counterparts. Using the Latin word for “translation,” translatio, or “to carry across,” as a point of departure, Avenues of Translation explores how translation...