San Juan del Río

Colombian houses have always been a showcase for the inhabitants of a highly diverse country. These houses range from the haciendas of coffee plantations to the restored colonial homes of Cartagena. Fascinating essays and attractive photos exemplify the evolution of the art of living in Colombia.

La construcción tabicada tiene una larga historia en España. Tras la guerra de 1936-39, motivos económicos produjeron un resurgir de esta forma constructiva. A principios de los años 1950, Angel Truñó, arquitecto y profesor de la Escuela de Arquitectura de Barcelona, escribió un texto en el que describía la construcción de bóvedas tabicadas, explicando todo el detalle de los procesos constructivos, con ayuda de dibujos y numerosas fotografías. Los ejemplos se refieren, en su mayor parte, a obras proyectadas y construidas por el propio autor, El mecanoscrito no llegó a publicarse y ...

"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.

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...