Arquitectura y urbanismo en Iberoamérica

Historia del Arte Iberoamericano muestra la evolución de la arquitectura, la pintura, la escultura y otras modalidades artísticas, desde la perspectiva de su integración en el proceso de la evolución cultural del continente a partir de fines del siglo XV. Esta historia del arte intenta encontrar el equilibrio entre las aportaciones europeas y de otras procedencias a la cultura americana, analizar los procesos de adaptación y cambios que estas aportaciones implicaron y, al mismo tiempo, insistir en las peculiaridades propias de las culturas del continente americano en sus diversas...

Barcelona 1992-2004 offers a selection of chronologically arranged projects that provide an overview of the period that commences with the 1992 Olympic Games and culminates in the huge cultural event that is the Universal Forum of Cultures-Barcelona 2004. The selection has focused in particular on projects involving the city’s openness to the sea and those which have managed to adapt to its existing residential fabric. Presented as separate chapters are projects for new high-rise buildings and schemes for the 22@ plan and the Universal Forum of Cultures. The selection is preceded by a text...

Describes the degree and license mechanisms for the professional practice of architecture in Peru from the first courses in the 19th century through the beginning of the 20th century, with a detailed presentation of the school formation of the architects from 1910 to 1950 in the School of Engineering of the university. The book was originally the author's masters thesis and won the prize "Héctor Velarde" during the XI Bienal Nacional de Arquitectura, organized in 2004 by CAP.

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...

La práctica docente en el Taller de Historiografía de la Maestría en Historia y Crítica de la Arquitectura, el Diseño y el Urbanismo, así como la reflexión sobre sus contenidos mismos, nos han inducido a revisar el proceso de abordaje de la historiografía. La producción teórica y critica -desde la Academia a las diásporas modernas- es la que ha modelado, en gran medida, nuestra manera de acceder al conocimiento arquitectónico y urbano y, aun cuando atravesamos los coletazos de su disolución, por nuestro ADN circula la matriz de pensamiento que esa formación disciplinar fijó en...