Barcelona: de la ciudad acabada al territorio metapolitano

This study is a detailed tour of the main landmarks and architectural changes in Colombia, during the last three decades, particularly in relation to architecture that reclaims the public space.

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...

The author describes and discusses the influence Le Corbusier in Uruguay through a series of trips, the first done by the Swiss-French architect in 1929, and the remaining ones from the three Uruguayan architects who joined the workshop of the notable architect: Carlos Gómez Gavazzo, in 1933, Justino Serralta, in 1948, and Carlos Clémot, in 1949. The study also includes aspects of Antonio Bonet Castellana's trip, who was there in 1937 and in Uruguay from 1945 to 1948, and additionally analyzes what Eladio Dieste learned from his "Le Courvoisier partners" Serralta and Clémot as well as the...

Los trabajos aquí compilados toman como eje de reflexión la pieza de diseño en su dimensión pragmática. ¿Con qué se diseña, utilizando qué códigos? ¿Cómo se construye el sentido, mediante qué diálogos? ¿Quién habla en la pieza de diseño? ¿Quiénes intervienen en la enunciación? ¿Cómo lograr adhesión? ¿Cómo se muestra una institución? Estas preguntas fundamentales son el punto de partida de los autores para analizar los códigos de la comunicación visual, los conceptos de intertextualidad y género, los componentes de la enunciación, la argumentación retórica y la...