Barcelona 1992-2004

This volume features 25 architectural works constructed in Chile by architect Valdés between 1963 and 2007. It also comprises a series of texts that the author gathered after several conversations with the architect from 2001 to 2006, in a first-hand account of the creative process established by the architect about design, material, construction and space.

Este libro, elaborado por tres experimentados investigadores sociales, se ocupa de relatar, en forma breve y didáctica, la historia de cada una de estas tres revoluciones, pero también de valorarlas desde la perspectiva de la historia comparada, poniendo de relieve semejanzas, diferencias, significados y peculiaridades. La inmensa mayoría de las obras existentes trata solo de una de ellas en particular, pasando por alto las conexiones entre estos procesos, así como las claves para comprender sus verdaderas dinámicas y su persistencia en el imaginario de los pueblos latinoamericanos.

Winner of the 2020 SAMLA Studies Book Award — Edited Collection Cities both near and far communicate in a variety of ways. Travel between, through, and among urban centers initiates contact, and cities themselves are sites of ever-changing cultural and historical encounters. Predictable and surprising challenges and opportunities arise when city borders are crossed, voices meet, and artistic traditions find their counterparts. Using the Latin word for “translation,” translatio, or “to carry across,” as a point of departure, Avenues of Translation explores how translation...

200 colour photos and plans ”One of a series of authoritative pocket guides introduced only last fall, the Paris and : guide provides tourists and professionals alike with an overview of new and notable architecture and interior design in "the city of light." More than sixty buildings-governmental and residential, commercial and religious-by renowned architects such as Mario Botta, Jean Nouvel, Renzo Piano, Tadao Ando and I. M. Pei to name a few, are profiled and accompanied by color photographs. Easy to use and attractively designed with flexi covers, these CD-sized gems will be a...