Suiza Constructiva

This series is the best reference available for information on today's leading architects, and presents their work in an affordable and thoroughly illustrated format. Each book begins with an overview of the architect's style and accomplishments written by a leading architecture critic. Then, approximately twenty noteworthy works and projects are discussed by the architect and presented in detail with site plans, drawings, and black-and-white photographs.

"En muy pocas ocasiones se ha dejado que fuera el mismo Gaudí quien expusiera, llana y brevemente, sus ideas sobre arquitectura, construcción y ornamentación o sobre sus tipologías arquitectónicas preferidas: el templo y la casa." A partir de este planteamiento, Laura Mercader nos ofrece, por primera vez, una edición crítica global del legado escrito-con algunos textos todavía inéditos-de uno de los mayores arquitectos del siglo XX, una lectura fiable y genuina de los originales manuscritos o mecanografiados y un trabajo tan exhaustivo como necesario de documentación. El resultado...

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.

"Monographic edition dedicated to study the life and modernistic designs of architect Henonin (b. Mexico, lives and works in Los Angeles, CA since 1984) with a guide to review his architectural legacy in the cities of Guadalajara and México as well as in theUnited States. Henonin was part of the first generation to graduate from the Architecture School of the University and one of the first architects of the city of Guadalajara"--Provided by vendor.