Cincuenta años de urbanística en Italia (1942-1992)

Manizales cuenta, en su patrimonio cultural, con obras de reconocido valor arquitectónico, producto de la colonización antioqueña de mediados del siglo XIX; con el conjunto de edificaciones republicanas más importante de Colombia, construido en la década del veinte del siglo pasado, y también con piezas de especial calidad pertenecientes a los periodos moderno y contemporáneo. En relación con el periodo moderno podemos destacar la obra del arquitecto Jorge Gutiérrez Duque, como puede apreciarse en los edificios que aún subsisten y que no han sido alterados con el tiempo, como se...

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...

The book analyses a selection of 10 houses and 14 buildings constructed in Costa Rica from 2000 to 2005 and that represent the current urban San Jose's growth trends. The domestic architecture reflects a higher purchasing power with an appreciation oh natural surroundings, the office and industrial buildings are aimed some at rescuing the historic downtown area while others were constructed in the suburban area of the city. Includes biographies of mentioned architects.

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 ...