Feng Shui para Occidente

A compilation of texts by Professor Julio Arroyo previously presented in different academic meetings make up the present edition centered in public spaces in contemporary cities and the architecture that is concomitant, taking as a study reference the city of Santa Fe. Public spaces are a crucial category of urban life. However, in contemporary cities inconsistencies and contradictions prevail against the ethical postulates that define them -social cohesion, democratic inclusion, free expression, symbolic representation of citizen values- and the phenomena of what is public, dissociated in...

Profusely illustrated, this historical work focuses on the planning and construction of the Plaza Mayor in Madrid, Spain, during the second half of the 16th century—when Madrid went from being a mercantile town to the capital of the Hapsburg Empire. Including a detailed analysis of archived documents, architectural plans, and drawings, this study chronicles this monument's architectural and urban development, explains the symbolism associated with it, and reveals how it came to be a model for other European constructions. Profusamente ilustrada, esta obra histórica enfoca el planeamiento y ...

Publicar arquitectura es mucho más que mostrar proyectos o productos del que uno o más arquitectos son autores. Hacer y, complementariamente, enseñar hoy arquitectura es un proceso integral y holístico del que participan numerosos actores y que se basa en el procesado crítico de información antes, durante y después de la producción de las ideas que se convertirán en proyectos y, eventualmente, en edificios. La principal característica de nuestra época es que el flujo de información disponible acerca de cualquier tema es inabarcable, y que el acceso a ella es instantáneo y masivo. ...

"Major survey of Ibero-American 21st century architects details the work of 40 architects"--Provided by vendor.