Mario Botta/Spanish/English

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...

Este libro reúne una serie de textos en los que abordan dos nociones; el paisaje y lo intersticial. El abordaje que se procura parte de una búsqueda teórica alrededor de la arquitectura y el urbanismo, cuestionando los derroteros que se han trazado para darle sentido a nuestro quehacer ante los vacíos y las ruinas en la ciudad. Esta exploración intenta, en parte, desafiar algunos lindes, acercándose a otros ámbitos como las artes plásticas o el cine. Asimismo, en la aproximación teórica se intenta colocar -entre líneas- algunas inquietudes de corte epistemológico, invitando a que, ...

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.

"Description of prehispanic quarry sites in the vicinity of Mitla where construction stone was cut and prepared. Includes discussion of technology and petrographic analysis"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.