María Antonieta

In March of 2017, Swiss architect Peter Zumthor (1943) visited Mexico to participate in MEXTRÓPOLI. The winner of the 2009 Pritzker Prize and 2013 RIBA Royal Gold Medal had four different conversations with Mexican architects.

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...

¿Cómo aprender a ser un arquitecto productivo y eficiente en el día a día? Los profesionales de la arquitectura saben lo difícil que es culminar satisfactoriamente un proyecto por la dedicación que requiere y la diversidad de tareas que implica. La tendencia a asumir más compromisos de los que se pueden realizar, las jornadas de trabajo interminables y a contra reloj para cumplir con los plazos de entrega, la postergación de las tareas menos estimulantes pero ineludibles, las dificultades para priorizar entre lo urgente o lo importante no son problemas ajenos a muchos arquitectos, y...

"A brief but thought-provoking study of the reverse influence of Mexican architecture on that of Spain's during the colonial era. For example, the author says that the characteristic organization of prehispanic religious centers around large plazas, as seen at Palenque, Teotihuacan, and Chichenitza, was transferred first to Mexican and then to Spanish architecture. Also identifies Americanized architectural elements and decorative motifs in buildings in Murcia, Olivia, and in the Canary Islands. Contains a few photographs with drawings of mostly architectural details"--Handbook of Latin...