Arquitectura y urbanismo en Iberoamérica

In the immediate postwar years, a new type of modern architecture emerges. Beatriz Colomina presents domesticity as a potent new weapon in a changed architectural battlefield. This architecture becomes the property of the middle-class consumer bombarded with images of domestic bliss, a lifestyle campaign launched through recycled military techniques. The significance of architects like Charles and Ray Eames lies in their sensitivity to buildings and images both defining space. Colomina is Director of Princeton University's Architecture PhD program and acclaimed author of Privacy and Publicity ...

La arquitectura vernácula ha sido siempre fuente de inspiración para arquitectos y diseñadores. Esta colección consiste en una exploración monográfica de cada una de las diversas formas de expresión de lo vernáculo alrededor del mundo (profundizando en su construcción, decoración y sus implicaciones sociales), y ofrece um paralelo con proyectos contemporáneos que utilizan estos recursos en su proceso de diseño. Esta comparación permite, tanto a arquitectos y diseñadores como a historiadores en general, profundizar en las técnicas de construcción espontánea así como en las...

The book is a thorough analysis of the architectonic and urban development of the city of Oaxaca from the last decades of the colonial period to the early 20th century. The author presents a novel revision of the city during the Porfirio Diaz regime, concluding that Oaxaca was the natural historic consequence of previous periods. Enclosed booklet is a graphic appendix.

A detailed study on the architecture and the life of British engineer and architect Reed who left an extraordinary legacy of neoclassic architecture in Colombia and in other regions of Latin America. Reed designed and constructed the Capitolio Nacional and the Museo Nacional in Colombia along other public buildings, theaters as well as other constructions in Ecuador and Venezuela between 1843 and 1878.