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A study of Bogota viewed as a museum (outside of the traditional museum). This work offers a critical look at modern city through a series of tours through downtown Bogotá, specifically on Seventh Avenue between Calles 11 and 16 that was transformed from Bogotazo through an urban renewal project. It turned the area into a paradigm of what should be a modern Bogotá. The book discusses the aesthetic character of its architecture, the connections between traditional museums, and reaffirmed the principles of order and functionality of the modern movement and led to rules that have sought...

La catedral de Jaén, obra concebida en su conjunto por Andrés de Vandelvira, es una de las construcciones más representativas del renacimiento español, así como una muestra virtuosa del arte de la piedra, material exclusivo en el que se construyó. Este libro nos muestra la catedral en todas sus facetas, con un amplio despliegue fotográfico y la pluma experta de Pedro Galera, gran especialista del renacimiento en general y de la obra de Andrés de Vandelvira en particular.

"A brief but thought-provoking study of the reverse influence of Mexican architecture on that of Spain's during the colonial era. For example, the author says that the characteristic organization of prehispanic religious centers around large plazas, as seen at Palenque, Teotihuacan, and Chichenitza, was transferred first to Mexican and then to Spanish architecture. Also identifies Americanized architectural elements and decorative motifs in buildings in Murcia, Olivia, and in the Canary Islands. Contains a few photographs with drawings of mostly architectural details"--Handbook of Latin...

Este libro es para estudiantes y arquitectos, e intenta recopilar algunas obras significativas del período 30-50 de la arquitectura moderna de Buenos Aires, donde los arquitectos argentinos de esa época reciente, desarrollaron a través de sus obras y sus escritos una lectura propia de la influencia moderna europea.