Umberto Riva

Luxurious edition that reviews the history and architecture of the Mexican governmental building "Palacio Nacional" and the rich artistic and political patrimony it holds.

Este libro intenta acompañar las nacientes investigaciones con las ya conocidas de la Filosofía como la madre que alberga y de la cual se desprenden la Ciencia como saber primero y luego a partir del Renacimiento como Ciencia Experimental y productiva que al mismo tiempo que comprende mejor el mundo natural, se cree en el deber y la responsabilidad de explotarla en beneficio del hombre y la humanidad sin medir las consecuencias.

The present research work is based on original manuscripts and testimonies from architect González Gortázar (b. Mexico) regarding his transcendent architecture and urban designs. González Gortázar is considered at present one of the most important architects of México, creator of spaces and urban art that are now geometric symbols and references of the city of Guadalajara in México. The architect strongly practices the concept of "Space and Art" and where the city should never loose their social function for which it was originally conceived and constructed.

Known until recently for such public facilities as the Zamora Municipal Museum, the Castellón Fine Arts Museum and the León Auditorium, over the last few years Mansilla + Tuñón have developed a number of projects in which urban scale and the problems of inhabiting in the contemporary city assume more and more importance. In this issue of 2G we present the (almost) complete works of these Madrid architects, works grouped around the basic ideas which define their projects, namely memory and the city, system and restrictions, sameness and difference, and lastly trace and landscape. These...