Colega, ¿dónde está mi urbe?

¿Cuál es el lugar del lugar en tiempos de globalización? ¿Cuál es el lugar del territorio en dichos tiempos? ¿Qué relación guarda el territorio de la ciudad con el lugar de la ciudadanía? Estas tres preguntas enmarcan e integran los distintos temas de los cuales se ocupa el autor de Lugar y territorio. A lo largo de esta obra hay una apuesta arriesgada por establecer propuestas concretas, mediante acciones sobre el territorio que aboguen, principalmente, por entender de una manera diferente la relación de los seres humanos consigo mismos, con su entorno y con el mundo en general....

"Description of prehispanic quarry sites in the vicinity of Mitla where construction stone was cut and prepared. Includes discussion of technology and petrographic analysis"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

Widely thought to be the greatest American architect, Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) was a true pioneer, both artistically and technically. At a time when reinforced concrete and steel were considered industrial building materials, Wright boldly made use of them to build private homes. His prairie house concept - that of a low, sprawling home based upon a simple L or T figure - was the driving force behind some of his most famous houses and became a model for rural architecture across America. Wright’s designs for office and public buildings were equally groundbreaking and unique. From...

The expert contributors to this lavishly illustrated volume, devoted entirely to Mies van der Rohe's Barcelona Pavilion of 1929, address here for the first time the forgotten contexts of the Pavilion's genesis. Habitually thought of as an abstract, unpolluted, and splendidly isolated building--a precursor of Mies's American period--the Pavilion is revealed here as a thoroughly European work, perhaps less pristine but more authentic. Mies and Lilly Reich were commissioned to design not only the Pavilion but also more than one hundred thousand square feet of German stands spread throughout the...