Arquitectos iberoamericanos, siglo XXI

Las sorprendentes mutaciones que se presentaron a partir del 2010 tanto en el contexto global como en las dinámicas nacionales determinaron nuevos rumbos para la ciudad y la arquitectura urbana de Colombia, los cuales se concretaron en formas distintas de concebir lo urbano arquitectónico desde lo público. El resultado de ello es que se pusieron a prueba las bondades y certezas de lo construido entre los años 1980 y 2010—lapso cubierto por la primera edición de este libro—, hasta el punto de que algunos de los aparentes éxitos reventaron, víctimas de su propia megalomanía, y...

The expert contributors to this lavishly illustrated volume, devoted entirely to Mies van der Rohe's Barcelona Pavilion of 1929, address here for the first time the forgotten contexts of the Pavilion's genesis. Habitually thought of as an abstract, unpolluted, and splendidly isolated building--a precursor of Mies's American period--the Pavilion is revealed here as a thoroughly European work, perhaps less pristine but more authentic. Mies and Lilly Reich were commissioned to design not only the Pavilion but also more than one hundred thousand square feet of German stands spread throughout the...

Profusely illustrated, this historical work focuses on the planning and construction of the Plaza Mayor in Madrid, Spain, during the second half of the 16th century—when Madrid went from being a mercantile town to the capital of the Hapsburg Empire. Including a detailed analysis of archived documents, architectural plans, and drawings, this study chronicles this monument's architectural and urban development, explains the symbolism associated with it, and reveals how it came to be a model for other European constructions. Profusamente ilustrada, esta obra histórica enfoca el planeamiento y ...

27 research papers grouped into 3 sections that range from architectural history to studies of patrimony, urban studies, and conservation. Continuation of the editorial project started in 1999 to promote scholarship on architecture in the state of Michoacan, Mexico.