Responsabilidades y garantías de los agentes de la edificación

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.

Inventory of architectural patrimony and popular culture in the state of Veracruz, Mexico. The first part is devoted to architecture and monuments from Pre-Columbian , colonial, 19th and 20th century, with emphasis on Pre-Columbian cultures. Includes mural art and some information on archival holdings. The second half is devoted to folkart, crafts, local culinary history, folklore, fiestas at the village, town, city and state levels.

Este libro presenta una historia que aún no se había escrito con una visión amplia e interpretativa. Dicha historia se expone desde una perspectiva contemporánea que aborda la complejidad de la realidad y describe unas experiencias que son ejemplos modélicos de políticas de vivienda y de tipología arquitectónica. Los casos estudiados se interpretan no sólo en su momento de realización, sino también en su funcionamiento posterior. De todos ellos, se pone énfasis en los casos que se han concentrado en lo comunitario y en lo urbano. En la primera parte del libro se expone la amplia...

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...