Castillos y fortificaciones de Galicia

Recopilación de trabajos de investigación sobre la arquitectura cubana realizados por historiadores, arquitectos y profesores de las escuelas cubanas de arquitectura, y que contribuyen a la valoración del patrimonio arquitectónico colonial.

Este volumen reune estudios en torno a las representaciones de la ciudad en la literatura y en las artes. Ciudades imaginadas desde los mitos fundacionales de la cultura occidental hasta las narrativas desarticuladas que genera la urbe posmoderna; ciudades utópicas del Renacimiento y ciudades distópicas del Nuevo Mundo de fin de siglo; son diferentes testimonios de la relevancia de lo urbano en la configuración espacio-temporal del imaginario.

The book is an historic and graphical account of the patios of "vecindad" (neighbourhood) in the port city of Veracruz, in a period that goes from the end of the 19th century to the beginning of the 21st century. The foreword of this edition, states that the first record of a patio of a "vecindad" dates back to 1791, highlighting that those patios have seen the early years of musician and singer "Toña la Negra" and were the place of origin of the famous "picadas" from Veracruz, one of the most popular snacks of the jarocha traditional cuisine.

A study of each phase of the prolific trajectory of architect Pani (b. Mexico). A strong follower of Le Corbusier principles and whose modernist and grand scale urban and construction designs allowed him to construct in Mexico the first international hotel, the first multi family housing complex, the first condominium and the first satellite city. His architectural legacy includes more than 130 projects covering all types of buildings: housing, schools, hospitals, airports, commercial, office and urban, designs. All photographs (black and white 8x10 plaques ) in this catalogue were shot by...

Este livro revela que o design encontra-se pautado pelo binômio estética-funcionalidade. Revela que, independentemente do tamanho das divisões, os conceitos reinantes são o equilíbrio e a harmonia.