Max Henonin

El autor analiza distintas maneras como la sociedad otorga significado a los objetos, particularmente a los edificios públicos con una larga historia. Para ello emplea conceptos de diversas disciplinas, como la neurobiología, la fenomenología, la semiótica y la crítica literaria. A partir de tres estudios de caso -el Panteón de Roma, la Pirámide del Sol de Teotihuacan y la Alhambra de Granada- la metodología de análisis aborda los distintos cambios y alteraciones físicas de los sitios y establece una correlación con grandes transformaciones sociales e intelectuales.

The innovative architectural styles that have emerged from the various climates of Colombian landscape are presented in these insightful essays and spectacular photographs. More than three hundred locations in Colombia fill the three sections divided up by climate zones: hot weather, warm weather, and cold weather. As the creativity of traditional and emerging Colombian architects is revealed, so to is the stunning landscape of a country whose varying climate and indigenous materials—such as guadua, a local bamboo—have influenced Colombian architectural form and content. Las novedosas...

"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.

"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.