En busca de Thomas Reed

SINOPSIS En los Estados de México, Morelos, Guerrero, Puebla y Oaxaca; y en la República de El Salvador, en las fiestas patronales de los pueblos nahuas, amuzgos, mixtecos, y mestizos, se representan danzas comedias de viejitos chistosos cazando a una fiera. En el libro se defiende la hipótesis de que todas las danzas comedias del jaguar y los viejitos cómicos son variantes con distinto nombre. Dan alegría a las fiestas patronales de los pueblos en su mayoría de origen nahua. Por orden de frecuencia, las danzas comedias del tigre (jaguar) más abundantes son: Tecuanes, tlacololeros,...

A selection of the most prominent works of architecture selected by El Croquis with an introduction by Juan Antonio Cortés and an essay by William Curtis. Among the works are the Sendai Mediatheque by Toyo Ito, the Yokohama International Port Terminal by Foreign Office Architects, the Netherlands Embassy in Berlin by OMA-Rem Koolhaas, the Braga Municipal Stadium by Eduardo Souto de Moura, the Prada Aoyama Epicenter by Herzog & De Meuron, the Scottish Parliament building by EMBT, the Monastery of Our Lady of Novy Dvur by John Pawson, the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art expansion by Steven Holl,...

Founder of Teodoro Fernández Arquitectos, an architectural firm that, since 1992, develops private and public buildings. In parallel, his practice has developed a series of landscape projects for the central area of Chile from the perspective of water care, soil strengthening and the integration of biodynamic criteria. Among his works are the ecological corridors for the vineyard Los Robles, the green areas of the urbanization La Reserva, the Parque Inés de Suárez, the Parque Bicentenario and the remodeling of the Parque Quinta Normal. In 2014 Teodoro Fernández received the Premio...

Essays on how the author, and architect, combines his architecture practice with his passion for reading reflected in the evolution of his private library and the influence on his practice. Many examples of his use of the books in his practice. His library includes the major books in classic and contemporary architecture.