Richard Meier - Obras Y Proyectos

La calle de nuestras ciudades está sometida a controversia al coincidir sobre ella las más diversas dudas acerca de las variaciones que desarrolla, mientras que las innovaciones que provoca y el vigor que despliega no dejan de confi rmar su condición de vivo elemento de nuestra civilización urbana. Sometida a continua mutación, como reveladora forma de la sociedad, baluarte de la seguridad urbana o lugar del intercambio socializador, la complejidad de los factores que inciden en el proceso de formalización de una vía urbana hace cada vez más difícil acometer su proyecto con...

A detailed guide to the buildings that architect Juan O'Gorman (b. Mexico 1905-1982) constructed in Mexico City, with maps, photographs, plans and detailed descriptions of each one. Includes many of his most noted designs: Casa-estudio Diego Rivera-Frida Kahlo, museum Anahuacalli (Diego Rivera), museum Casa Azul (Frida Kahlo) and others.

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.

Text (in Spanish) and images complement each other to create a narrative thread that offers informative insights into the architect's intellectual and visual imagination and expands our understanding of Olgiati's oeuvre.