El sector de la construcción

He estado pensando en escribir este libro hace tiempo... He estado pensando en ser Arquitecta hace más tiempo aún. Más precisamente, hace 40 años... Animo!! Que si Dios y la Patria me lo permiten... Que si Bush, Carter o Nixon, que si Menen, Alfonsín, el Papa o Pluto, que si el dólar, el euro, el patacón, los australes, las fichas del subte, los tickets restaurant, o los vales de caja... Que si Saturno y Mercurio en conjunción con Marte en la casa 4 (¿?). Que después de las elecciones, que antes del corralito, que con los importados, que con la revolución industrial, que con la...

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 ...

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...