Concreto y efímero

The book examines the long, productive and stormy relationship architect Le Corbusier had with Argentina and the series of events in consequence. His Argentinean disciples Jorge Ferrari Hardoy, Juan Kurchan and Antonio Bonet, although influenced by the master architect had their own architectonic and urban ideas. The book examines the "Austral Net" created towards the productive, plural and complex relationship of these 4 personages where the central figure is the famed Swiss architect. The book is chronologically organized and includes a selection of the most important architecture...

En sintonía con los postulados desarrollistas sustentados en una renovada fe en el "progreso tecnológico", conceptos tales como la flexibilidad, transitoriedad, crecimiento continuo, ensamblaje, organización, estructuras constructivas, o bien la inclusión de modelos matemáticos, diagramáticos o de comunicación gráfica prometían abordar las transformaciones de la cultura urbana dando lugar además, a las participación de la sociedad en los derroteros de la formulación de las normativas y criterios para la vida en la ciudad. Las décadas entre la inmediata posguerra y los años...

A multidisciplinary collaboration that explores and documents the transcultural and urban transformations of the town of San Juan del Rio in the State of Querétaro.

This series was the winner of the American Institute of Architects' prestigious "Award for Excellence in International Book Publishing". Each volume in this series is introduced with an essay on the architect, and a chronological or stylistic presentation of their most outstanding buildings and projects. No other series provides such a complete and concise summary of the world's leading architects' works. The volumes are fully illustrated in black-and-white with photos and project renderings.