Gaudí

Revisión de la arquitectura de Richard J. Neutra desde unos presupuestos teóricos que apuntan a la arquitectura como resultado de un proceso de creación natural, entendida tanto en su acepción de perteneciente a la Naturaleza como en aquella otra que habla de una cierta sencillez de la misma.

This number of the monographic series is dedicated to restoration specialist, architect and watercolor painter Villa Chávez (b. Mexico). This extensive study of Villa Chávez life and architecture is divided in 2 parts: the first reviews his academic career and his professional practice in Guadalajara and Colima. A second part reviews in detail his restoration projects, his architecture, his open space interventions and his pictorial production (watercolors and drawings). Amongst other academic contributions Villa Chávez founded the School of Architecture in the University of Colima and was ...

Este libro tiene como propósito reconsiderar la influencia de Le Corbusier en la formación arquitectónica y académica del autor. Este confronta su proyecto final como alumno (1959) con nueve obras de maestros y arquitectos destacados del siglo pasado que operaron como sus referentes y que pertenecían al llamado movimiento de arquitectura moderna. Las categorías analíticas aplicadas en la confrontación constituyeron un cuerpo de conceptos instrumentales claves para el aprendizaje proyectual -por esa razón se adoptaron- y fueron ordenadas sobre la base del grado de visibilidad de su...

The present research work is based on original manuscripts and testimonies from architect González Gortázar (b. Mexico) regarding his transcendent architecture and urban designs. González Gortázar is considered at present one of the most important architects of México, creator of spaces and urban art that are now geometric symbols and references of the city of Guadalajara in México. The architect strongly practices the concept of "Space and Art" and where the city should never loose their social function for which it was originally conceived and constructed.