Casa Colombiana

This is not another book on estates and confiscations. The author offers us a precise radiography of the state of the Carthusian Monastery in its magnificent final decades, of the ravages it suffered from 1808 onwards and its subsequent nationalisation, auction and sale process. A work mostly based on unpublished sources.

Colombian architect Rogelio Salmona has translated pragmatic and poetic concepts and intentions into physical form. These result from the architect's deep communion with and understanding of the materials and processes, as well as of the historic-cultural context in which his architectural intervention takes place. Salmona's oeuvre, including such notable examples as the Torres del Parque (1967) in Bogota, the Presidential House for Illustrious Guests (1981) in Cartagena, the Quimbaya Museum (1983) in Armenia and the National Archive of the Nation (1992) in Bogota, is without doubt one of the ...

Un viaje visual inspirador a lo largo del espectro de colores, que cobra vida a través del mejor diseño interior residencial contemporáneo. Aproveche la creciente tendencia de inyectar color en la decoración del hogar con esta elegante y cuidadosa selección de interiores en todos los tonos y tonalidades. Organizado por color, desde el blanco más puro hasta el negro más profundo, desde los rosas, naranjas y rojos más cálidos, hasta los verdes más fríos y los azules tranquilos intermedios, 'Living in Color' explora y celebra la tendencia actual de acentos vívidos y colores...

Brief overview of ObregÑn's (b. Mexico) work as one of the most influencial Mexican born architects of the 20th century.