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"The book reviews the personality and temperament of neoclassic architect De Alba (b. Mexico) through his architecture. De Alba was an architect/engineer who left anarchitectural legacy in the cities of Guadalajara and Chapala active at the turn of the 20th century whose constructions reflect the universal eclecticism of a Revolutionary generation and industrial society educated during the Porfirio Diaz regime"--Provided by vendor.

Acosados por la privatización, la planificación urbanística obsesiva, la vigilancia policial y la especulación, los espacios que habitamos se vuelven cada vez más inhóspitos, recipientes cerrados que coartan la acción y limitan la experiencia vibrante que constituía la riqueza humana de las grandes ciudades. Cincuenta años después de la publicación de su clásico Los usos del desorden, en el que Richard Sennett alertó por primera vez sobre los efectos nocivos que la proyección de modelos preconcebidos y rígidos sobre el entorno urbano tenía sobre aquellos a los que pretendían...

Having graduated from Cornell University, Richard Meier established his own architectural firm in New York City in 1963, around a group known as the "Five Architects" of New York. This book includes 70 works and projects, chronologically ordered, from his first private houses around New York, to the most recent cultural centres, museums, corporate buildings and city planning for different cities in Europe, Asia and USA. This book, abundantly illustrated and documented, offers a chronological survey, from the first houses in the Hamptons to the most recent buildings including the Getty Center...

An in-depth study of Colombian architect Luis Restrepo, this collection brings together a selection of his constructions developed by between 1989 and 2007. In this innovative presentation of architectural work, each construction is thoroughly illustrated with both color photographs and reproductions of the blueprints, yielding a true glimpse of Restrepo's genius. Escaping from any classification, his works restore the essentials of architecture—space, materials, and light—and this compilation is sure to appeal to enthusiasts of both architecture and design. Exentas de artificios y...