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The present study identifies and documents the existing 19th architecture ornamental patrimony of the city of Bogot featuring the history and personages involved in the creation of sculptures, relieves, moldings and carvings produced between 1880 and 1930. The study comprises 3 time sections: The first part concentrates in the moment the city started its urban process of modernization and its change to neoclassic an architectonic and construction style. A second focuses in the work of the Ramelli family (Luigi and his sons Colombo and Mauricio), with an inventory of their legacy and the...

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...

Este libro es el resultado de catorce años de trabajo con los alumnos de la Universidad Europea de Madrid y los profesionales del Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Madrid, utilizando un método tan eficaz como el de los tutoriales, y está especialmente preparado para ser utilizado en la docencia mediante los sistemas innovadores del Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior. En cada ejercicio se guía al alumno paso a paso, sin necesidad de conocimientos previos, con o sin la ayuda de un profesor, orientándolo en la enorme complejidad y potencia del programa 3DS Max. Al terminar este curso,...

- Martin Parr (b.1952) is one of the best-known and most influential British photographers working today, acclaimed for his frank chronicling of life and society - This introductory monograph charts Parr's entire career including early black and white photographs, unpublished images made over the last five years, and works from all his major projects, including The Last Resort and Think of England - Parr is a prolific book-maker and collector, as well as a long-standing member of the Magnum Photos agency. This new title is an affordable companion to his other Phaidon publications which...