Utopía de cristal

Este libro intenta acompañar las nacientes investigaciones con las ya conocidas de la Filosofía como la madre que alberga y de la cual se desprenden la Ciencia como saber primero y luego a partir del Renacimiento como Ciencia Experimental y productiva que al mismo tiempo que comprende mejor el mundo natural, se cree en el deber y la responsabilidad de explotarla en beneficio del hombre y la humanidad sin medir las consecuencias.

The book analyses a selection of 10 houses and 14 buildings constructed in Costa Rica from 2000 to 2005 and that represent the current urban San Jose's growth trends. The domestic architecture reflects a higher purchasing power with an appreciation oh natural surroundings, the office and industrial buildings are aimed some at rescuing the historic downtown area while others were constructed in the suburban area of the city. Includes biographies of mentioned architects.

Estudio sobre la biografía, la ideología política y la obra del arquitecto y tercer presidente de los Estados Unidos Thomas Jefferson. Se presta especial atención a la relación entre su formación europea, su gusto por el clasicismo de raíz vitruviana y su republicanismo liberal, así como a la visión de la España de su época.

This book revolves around the drawings and scale models especially selected by architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha, who was conferred the degree of Doctorate Honoris Causa by the Universidad Nacional del Litoral in 2009. The personal selection done by PMdR resulted in a publishing project that included the participation of a group of academics from Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina convened so that, by means of short texts, freely elaborated their perspective on those drawings. The book is, therefore, the result of a collective work whose purpose is to think the architecture from its most common...