Construcción sostenible de espacio público

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...

El peso de la historia en las ciudades y pueblos de Andalucía ha sido un importante decantador, no solamente de hechos y acontecimientos, sino sobre todo, de la propia realidad física que ha pervivido y de la que hemos aprehendido. La construcción, la forma y la materia han convivido con las preexistencias generando una continuidad, consentida o no, que nos ha acercado a un presente como resultado de una inteligencia colectiva. Tras importantes periodos de ruptura, bien por desarrollismos descabezados o por alienantes fluctuaciones económicas, esta continuidad ha permanecido indemne...

The remarkably prolific career of an innovative young Chilean architect is profiled in this engaging study. Born in 1965 and in professional practice since 1991, this architect's impact on his native landscape is observed mainly in a series of private houses located in some of the most sublime sites in Chile. The forceful yet austere character of his design approach and its radical relationship to surrounding landscape elements can be fully appreciated by viewing this book's fine pictorial panorama.

With numerous maps, photographs and illustrations, this volume presents a detailed and intelligent analysis of the city.