Guillermo de Alba

"Critical study and research of the life and architecture of Urzúa (b. Mexico) who along architects Luis Barragán and Ignacio Díaz Morales started the localartistic movement known as "regionalismo" in Guadalajara. The edition is divided in 3 sections: his life, closely related to his architecture, an illustrated catalogue of his life production and acollection of facsimile copies of documents from his personal archives"--Provided by vendor.

Features a selection examining houses that have broken away from the past and that define today's innovation and tomorrow's classicism. The book does not aim to convert these houses into prototypes to follow; they are included because they reflect the peculiarities of their era, sites and owners.

Apuntes: sección que describe la historia de la profesión y explora su enfoque mas teórico. También analiza temas de actualidad como la rehabilitación, la conservación, la renovación y la sostenibilidad. Morfología: capítulo que ofrece una panorámica de las estrategias y tácticas de marketing más corrientes, aplicadas a interiores domésticos, profesionales, culturales, educativos y comerciales. Portfolios: selección de proyectos que ilustran las estrategias y técnicas del capítulo anterior. Todos ellos proceden de estudios de reconocido prestigio internacional: Andrée Putman, ...

The book Did Someone Say Participate? has been published by the MIT Press in the year 2006. dpr-barcelona going on with it's philosophy to share interesting contents with our readers and having noticed that this amazing book talks about the most actual and contemporary topics (as it is participation and social projects with personal involvement, looking for a chance to make radical change in today’s cities) has decided to translate and distribute the book all over the world, especially in Latin America and Spain, to bring all Spanish-speakers the chance to get to know all the great projects ...