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Produced by the government program Pueblos Magicos (Magic Towns) is designed for the sustainable preservation of the cultural and architectural patrimony of 17 traditional and picturesque colonial towns, promoting the tourist attractions and urban benefits of places like: San Cristobal de las Casas, Parras, Comala, Taxco, Real de Catorce, Izamal and Patzcuaro among others.Many exceptional color photographs. .

Monographic edition dedicated to one of the most noted disciples of José Villagrán García and Ignacio Díaz Morales. Architec Nafarrate's works are characteristic for the use of natural illumination and ventilation and the strong importance he gives to the environment. Some of his most recognized works include: Residential complex "Los Parques", Hotel "Las Hadas", and the "Twin Dolphin" in Baja California.

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...

El título Elementos de control ambiental en la arquitectura docente. Brasil, Chile y México, corresponde al proyecto de investigación financiado por el Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, dentro del Programa nacional 2007-2010 titulado: Identificación, análisis y desarrollo de los componentes medioambientales del Movimiento Moderno en la arquitectura escolar en Brasil, Chile y México. Este proyecto de investigación partía de la premisa de que las capacidades medioambientales de cualquier edificio se encuentran implícitas en su arquitectura, en la manera como se ha planificado el...