Tipologías arquitectónicas coloniales y republicanas

"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.

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...

La arquitectura ha estado vinculada al inestable concepto de arte, Volumen 9 desde Grecia hasta nuestros dias. Esta relacion ha impactado el entendimiento de como la arquitectura llega a ser, por un lado, algo creativo e innovador y, por otro, sola y pura construccion. Cuales son los criterios que hacen de una construccion un objeto de arte? Que elementos requiere la arquitectura para pertenecer al privilegiado campo del arte? En este libro se abordan estos temas, se comparan otras disciplinas artisticas con la arquitectura y se ahonda en las interrogantes que se plantean cuando la...

A collection of writings by Enrique Yañez to mark the twentieth anniversary of his death. The text presents an approach to life and observations of the architect, covering the fields of architecture, its social function, urbanism, society and culture.