CASAS DE BARRIO

Como en el texto homónimo de Julio Cortázar este libro ofrece lecturas alternativas dependiendo del orden. La razón primera de su publicación es la recuperación de tres textos escritos a modo de prólogo para otro libro dedicado a una de las obras maestras de Eleuterio Población Knappe, el edificio «Beatriz». Son tres pequeños rubíes que decantan la experiencia y los saberes de tres importantes arquitectos en el panorama español del último tercio del siglo XX y de los primeros años del XXI. Cada uno de ellos merece un análisis atento y pormenorizado y puede leerse...

Monographic edition dedicated to one of the most noted disciples of José Villagrán García and Ignacio Díaz Morales. Architec Nafarrate's works are characteristic for the use of natural illumination and ventilation and the strong importance he gives to the environment. Some of his most recognized works include: Residential complex "Los Parques", Hotel "Las Hadas", and the "Twin Dolphin" in Baja California.

City and Architecture, Six generations who built up the modern Latin America comes from the architecture and urban planning history developed in the Latin-American area between 1885 and 1975. This is an organized work from a method called by the author generational, which covers 90 years (six generations). The names of those generations, that each one of them covers a period of 15 years, are gathered together in the chapters names of the book. The exposition of the context of each historic period is connected with the analysis of the architecture work, which offers a wide outlook of the...

Llus Domnech i Montaner is the author of such extraordinary buildings as the Palau de la Msica, the museum of zoology and the hospital of Sant Pau. This publication gathers a collection of articles that treat the same works and present-day photographic material.