Cuadernos sudamericanos: Roberto Frangella

Life and work of polemic architect and urbanist Meyer (b. Switzerland), one of the most important functionalists of the 1920's. The former director of the Bauhaus, he worked for the Post-Revolutionary Regimes in Mexico as the director of the Instituto del Urbanismo y Planification from 1942 through 1949, while also becoming the editor of the collective graphic workshop Taller de Grafica Popular (TGP) from 1947 to 1949. Many plates of his architectural designs and the structural diagrams Meyer used for the Bauhaus and in IUP in Mexico.

Este libro es el resultado de un minucioso estudio y recuperación de archivos sobre la obra del arquitecto italiano Virginio Colombo (1885-1927) realizada por Nicolás Fratarelli. Se evidencia en su autor la pasión, el compromiso y la persistencia en sus trabajos de investigación y docencia, realizados en el ámbito de la Facultad de Arquitectura, Diseño y Urbanismo de la UBA. Colombo nació en Milán, donde estudió arquitectura en la Academia de Brera, y llegó a la Argentina en 1906. En sus escasos años de vida profesional, desarrolló una importantísima carrera, en la se reconoce...

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.