Arquitectura sagrada

The remarkably prolific career of an innovative young Chilean architect is profiled in this engaging study. Born in 1965 and in professional practice since 1991, this architect's impact on his native landscape is observed mainly in a series of private houses located in some of the most sublime sites in Chile. The forceful yet austere character of his design approach and its radical relationship to surrounding landscape elements can be fully appreciated by viewing this book's fine pictorial panorama.

Quizás en mucho tiempo no se había realizado un descubrimiento tan importante como el que aquí se muestra con imágenes, sobre lo que probablemente sea la Atlántida, el continente perdido, el que ha inspirado infinidad de leyendas, libros y películas. Del que se había pensado que solo era un mito, ya que por mucho tiempo ha sido buscado y nunca encontrado, porque no se exploró en el lugar correcto: en América. Estas y otras teorías sobre quiénes realizaron las construcciones, su posible relación e influencia con las grandes culturas en América y Egipto, principalmente, y su...

Este catalogo recorre cronologicamente la obra construida desde 1959 hasta 1992 por el arquitecto Umberto Riva con despacho profesional en su ciudad natal.

In September of 2005 a group academics, civil organizations and federal, state and municipal government representatives were summoned with the purpose of analyzing the legislature, experiences and strategies developed for the protection and conservation of the cultural patrimony of Mexico. The meeting was held in the city of Morelia (State of Michoacn) where most of the conservation and protection efforts of viceregal architecture specialist Manuel González Galván took place, the reason which is why this colloquium honored his legacy. "After reading this memoirs of this colloquium, it is...