Rogelio Salmona

A serious study and analysis that addresses the symbolism, ornamentation, and history one of Mexico's historic architectural monuments, the Chapel of Loreto.

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...

El valor significativo de la arquitectura contemporánea indica imprecisión temporal y cierta eventualidad. La veracidad de la arquitectura se ha transformado en espacio de exhibición; esta ya no se juzga por el cumplimiento real de sus promesas sino por la correspondencia entre sus fantasías y las del espectador. La paradoja visual se establece como espacio de relaciones y conflictos en donde unos y otros componen la complejidad arquitectónica de nuestra época, pues esta se ubica, estratégicamente, en el lugar de encuentro entre categorías opuestas y distintivas, un significado...

Historical-documental biography of architect-engineer Antonio Arróniz Topete (b. Jalisco 1858-1926), "the engineer of red bricks". The book documents his life and work, considered to be of one of the most extensive and complete elaborated at the end of the Porfirio Diaz regime and the first decades of the 20th century in the State of Jalisco. The book studies his architectural legacy, such as the Ex Seminario Mayor de Guadalajara, transformed into the XV Zona Militar and now the Secretaría de Cultura of Jalisco, the Escuela de Artes y Oficios del Espíritu Santo (demolished in 1953), the...