Volumen 16 La Casa

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...

Mallol is an architectural design center that functions under the lead of its director and promoter, Panamanian architect Ignacio Mallol Tamayo. This edition examines 25 year of professional operations of the largest architectural firm in Central America and illustrates, with more than 270 color images, representative examples of Latin American 21st century architecture, highlighting the firm's most representative buildings: Le Cube Mallol, one of the early designs (where Mallol plays with forms, space and symetry), a clear example of the type of large constructions that would later...

Mexico City Architecture Guide is a compilation of more than 150 works of architecture dating from the early 20th century up to the present day. To help orient readers, the guide is divided into five areas and includes seven maps to create a comprehensive panorama of the Mexican megalopolis. Each project includes details about the relevant architects, location and year of construction, as well as public transport information. The texts, photographs and maps created for this guide give fresh shape to the city. Now available in an English-language edition for the first time, Mexico City...

La obra reúne los escritos y lecciones dedicados al tema de la restauración por el autor a lo largo de los veinte años durante los cuales dirigió el "Istituto Centrale del Restauro", analizando el significado y los métodos del restauro y resaltando los criterios teóricos que han guiado las actividades del Centro.

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.