Gabriel Serrano y Dicken Castro.

Libro que ofrece en su primer volumen un indefinido pero largo número de visitas detalladas a la inmensa minoría de edificios y paisajes que configuran el mundo de los Modernismos syndéticos. La syndesis implica ligar con una conjunción; la obra nos ofrece la visión de cada autor, Castro en Chile, Rueda en Colombia y Mellin en Estados Unidos, sobre la syndesis un común denominador sobre el efecto o resultado -y una indicación quizás sobre el proceso creativo- que caracteriza edificios, lugares y paisajes.

Whether we live in a house in the country or in a city home, a terrace is an increasingly cherished luxury that opens living space out to the exterior and creates more direct contact with nature. Spectacular and of varied design, some are on the roofs, some are fitted with a solarium, while others boast a garden. Over the course of 136 pages and with more than 140 spectacular photos in colour, Terrace Design offers a complete selection of terraces set in the country, by the sea and in the city. An original compilation that will inspire a new terrace or refurbishment and that offers valuable...

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...

La arquitectura ha nacido, crecido y desarrollado en la línea limítrofe de la materia y el aire, ahí han estado sus aciertos y desengaños, plagando la tierra de un código hermético que ha ocultado el conocimiento, como si se hubiera perdido la estela del conquistador, olvidado en la distancia. Se han creado abismos e infinitos. Abismos donde sin duda llega el aire e infinitos donde para que lo sean tiene que llegar la materia. Desde unos llegaremos a los otros. Ese es el cometido.

The present edition publishes part of the research papers presented during the "Seminario de Investigación Arquitectura para la Producción" organized by the university of Michoacán between 2001 and 2002 that included the participation of national and international academics. The book gathers 23 collective and individual multidisciplinary works that examine from various perspectives the history of architecture in rural areas. Works are mainly focused in the colonial territory of the ex-bishopry of Michoacán divided in 4 main topics: Space, settlements, technology and environment and...