Mario Botta/Spanish/English

27 research papers grouped into 3 sections that range from architectural history to studies of patrimony, urban studies, and conservation. Continuation of the editorial project started in 1999 to promote scholarship on architecture in the state of Michoacan, Mexico.

"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...

Es objetivo de este trabajo abordar el dibujo analógico, no digital, a través del muestreo de los croquis, los análisis y los proyectos de los mejores alumnos del curso inicial de la Facultad de Arquitectura. De esta manera redescubrimos los extraordinarios dibujos de croquis perspectívicos de la ciudad de Rosario en el Capítulo 1, de análisis de obras de arquitectura paradigmáticas en el Capítulo 2 y proyectos de arquitectura de los propios alumnos en la Capítulo 3. Los mejores alumnos adquieren un conocimiento profundo, interesándose en la asignatura y sumergiéndose en un proceso ...

- 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life and society - This introductory monograph charts Parr's entire career including early black and white photographs, unpublished images made over the last five years, and works from all his major projects, including The Last Resort and Think of England - Parr is a prolific book-maker and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...