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"Taking over the baton from their mentor and friend Eduardo Chillida, the architects Juan Carlos Sancho (San Sebastián, 1957) and Sol Madridejos (Madrid, 1958) have pursued a sensitive dialectic between matter and void that lies at the foundations of a fertile formal laboratory, one where the fold is an instrument with great potential in the attainment of structural, spatial, and material coherence. In these pages Arquitectura Viva presents a selection of four Spanish works – ranging from a small chapel to a large educational complex – in which the duo composes variations on the same...

A detailed architectural study of the monumental and historic Mercado Hidalgo, the central marketplace in Guanajuato, Mexico. The market has over 260 stores and was inaugurated in 1910 using the previous marketplace front that was constructed in 1861. In addition to the architectural study and analysis the book has many historic photographs and information.

Estudios Patrimoniales despliega un estado del debate contemporáneo sobre la producción intelectual en el campo multidisciplinar de nuestro patrimonio local. Sus autores comprenden al patrimonio como un fenómeno más complejo que un tema o una disciplina. Un fenómeno relacional que acontece en casos concretos, los que necesitan de prácticas reflexivas para una discusión transversal que movilice la responsabilidad disciplinar del saber universitario. Hoy día, cuando la palabra patrimonio está raptada por el sentido común de lo políticamente correcto, desde el voluntarismo activista y ...

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.