Arquitectura moderna monumental

A multidisciplinary collaboration that explores and documents the transcultural and urban transformations of the town of San Juan del Rio in the State of Querétaro.

La Protección Pasiva contra Incendios es la medida primaria integrada a los elementos de construcción de un inmueble para brindar una seguridad y protección contra el fuego inherente, respondiendo contra las llamas, el calor y el humo para mantener los requerimientos fundamentales de la compartimentación de los espacios del inmueble, su estabilidad estructural, la separación del fuego y una ruta de evacuación segura. Las medidas de la PPCI alcanzan su propósito de diseño incrementando la resistencia estructural de la estructura del inmueble, protegiendo a la estructura contra los...

The innovative architectural styles that have emerged from the various climates of Colombian landscape are presented in these insightful essays and spectacular photographs. More than three hundred locations in Colombia fill the three sections divided up by climate zones: hot weather, warm weather, and cold weather. As the creativity of traditional and emerging Colombian architects is revealed, so to is the stunning landscape of a country whose varying climate and indigenous materials—such as guadua, a local bamboo—have influenced Colombian architectural form and content. Las novedosas...

Study characterized for the use of new research methods to create an alternative historiography of modern Mexican architecture. Through a self-critical review of the first edition, author De Anda clarifies, broadens and when needed corrects certain concepts and perspectives in relation to his original 1991 edition of "Architecture of the Mexican Revolution". He then provides recent advances in the way of interpreting the history of architecture and the history of Mexican culture in the 20th century.