El dibujo de arquitectura

The Colombian home during the Republican era is a world yet to be discovered. Many of its architectural and ornamental aspects have lingered on fragmentarily in people's memory, and period furniture is now a prized booty for antique hunters. This book reinstates the image of the Republican home as a composite of architecture, ornamentation, furniture and objects, which created beautiful and charming domestic environments, designed for something more than comfort. The book bears witness to a moment in Colombian history, and also pays tribute to hundreds of craftsmen, most of them unknown, who...

Este libro documenta la conversación de Carmelo Di Bartolo, experimentado diseñador italiano, con los alumnos de la Escuela de Arquitectura, Arte y Diseño del Tecnológico de Monterrey.

Este trabajo ha sido preparado íntegramente en la Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano. La base principal del texto la constituye la experiencia acumulada de muchos años como profesor y conferencista de temas de Historia y Teoría de la Arquitectura en varias universidades colombianas y latinoamericanas. La investigación que permitió configurar el contenido del libro se desarrolló en 2008 y contó con la participación, como asistente, del arquitecto Santiago Paredes Cisneros, Magíster en Historia y Teoría del Arte, la Ciudad y la Arquitectura. El arquitecto Lorenzo Fonseca Martínez,...

The remarkably prolific career of an innovative young Chilean architect is profiled in this engaging study. Born in 1965 and in professional practice since 1991, this architect's impact on his native landscape is observed mainly in a series of private houses located in some of the most sublime sites in Chile. The forceful yet austere character of his design approach and its radical relationship to surrounding landscape elements can be fully appreciated by viewing this book's fine pictorial panorama.