Gustave Eiffel

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.

Brief study of the rich architectonic and topographic expressions of the one-family houses and the collective dwelling constructed during the 20th century in México. During this post-Revolution period the mass options became models of good taste, functionality and technological possibilities for the growing urban spaces.

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.

De la ciudad utópica del Renacimiento a los problemas de la ciudad postindustrial, de la idea de “ciudad barroca” al Milán de nuestros días, de Alberti a Marx, Cesare de Seta aborda en el presente libro algunos de los hitos que han marcado el desarrollo de la ciudad europea desde el siglo XV hasta nuestros días. Más allá de los planteamientos habituales en las historias del urbanismo, su estudio se concibe desde una perspectiva más amplia, en la que tienen cabida aspectos tales como la ideología, la imagen de la ciudad o el concepto de territorio.