Paisaje intersticial: vacíos y ruinas en el arte, la arquitectura y la ciudad

A study of Bogota viewed as a museum (outside of the traditional museum). This work offers a critical look at modern city through a series of tours through downtown Bogotá, specifically on Seventh Avenue between Calles 11 and 16 that was transformed from Bogotazo through an urban renewal project. It turned the area into a paradigm of what should be a modern Bogotá. The book discusses the aesthetic character of its architecture, the connections between traditional museums, and reaffirmed the principles of order and functionality of the modern movement and led to rules that have sought...

"The exhibit presents the complete history of the Spanish architectural activity in the Río de la Plata region soon after the War of Independence and into the new millennium. Includes many drawings, plans and designs by Spanish architects that worked in Río de la Plata and of Argentinean architects working in Spain, from the 19th century architect Tomás Toribio, first academic that arrived from Spain to Santiago Calatrava and his pedestrian swing bridge in Puerto Madero(Buenos Aires). An important reference"--Provided by vendor.

Este libro pretende ser una mirada a la obra de Elda Cerrato a través de su propia voz, desde la entrevista que realizara Paula Siganevich, profesora e investigadora de la carrera de Diseño gráfico, en el marco del ciclo de Conferencias Interdisciplinarias TRAMA de Diseño 2007, organizado por la Cátedra Rico de Diseño gráfico y auspiciada por Centro de estudiantes - CEADIG y la Dirección de cultura de la Secretaría de extensión universitaria de la Facultad de Arquitectura Diseño y Urbanismo de la Universidad de Buenos Aires. La conferencia se tituló "La memoria en los bordes"-...

Historical-documental biography of architect-engineer Antonio Arróniz Topete (b. Jalisco 1858-1926), "the engineer of red bricks". The book documents his life and work, considered to be of one of the most extensive and complete elaborated at the end of the Porfirio Diaz regime and the first decades of the 20th century in the State of Jalisco. The book studies his architectural legacy, such as the Ex Seminario Mayor de Guadalajara, transformed into the XV Zona Militar and now the Secretaría de Cultura of Jalisco, the Escuela de Artes y Oficios del Espíritu Santo (demolished in 1953), the...