Juan O'Gorman, arquitectura escolar 1932

"The book examines the life and architectonic and didactic legacy of noted architect O'Gorman (b. Mexico) with critical texts by expert scholars regarding some of his ideas on the aesthetics of architecture with a special emphasis in public primary schools. Includes a reprint of the booklet titled "Escuelas Primarias 1932" by O'Gorman as a report while working for the Mexican Ministry of Education (SEP) of the construction of 28 public primary schools in Mexico City."--Provided by vendor.

La naturaleza como fuente de innovación para empaques. Explorar la naturaleza del embalaje significa observar de cerca cómo la vida envuelve, protege, contiene, preserva e incluso transporta y comunica sus palpitantes creaciones, con la intención de descubrir de qué manera ha resuelto los problemas y aciertos que enfrenta el diseño industrial de embalajes: ¿qué geometrías permiten aprovechar mejor el espacio y el material? ¿Qué lecciones encierran los huevos de gallina o las conchas de los moluscos a propósito de protección a impactos? ¿Qué nos enseñan las envolturas de...

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...

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.

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