Intervenciones en Dólmenes, 1953-1964

Mexico City Architecture Guide is a compilation of more than 150 works of architecture dating from the early 20th century up to the present day. To help orient readers, the guide is divided into five areas and includes seven maps to create a comprehensive panorama of the Mexican megalopolis. Each project includes details about the relevant architects, location and year of construction, as well as public transport information. The texts, photographs and maps created for this guide give fresh shape to the city. Now available in an English-language edition for the first time, Mexico City...

In the nineties, the modern orthodoxy has stopped imposing its criteria. At a time when there are as many architectural philosophies as architects, this volume offers us some answers to the common question of where present-day architecture is going. This view of the current world of architecture is presented through analysis of the projects of the most recognized and respected architects, but also the most innovative ones and those of the new generations.

Colombia Este libro aborda, de manera original y con un reconocido rigor metodológico, el estudio de las condiciones constructivas de la vivienda urbana que se promocionó en la ciudad de Manizales (centro occidente de Colombia) en un marco temporal de cinco años, haciendo uso de la llamada "minería de datos". Superando las miradas que sobre la vivienda ponen su foco de interés en aspectos puramente tipológicos o de ejecución de obra, el autor logra aquí establecer indicadores cuantitativos que relacionan claramente los atributos espaciales de las viviendas analizadas con sus...

Toussaint puso su erudici n al servicio del mejor conocimiento del arte de la arquitectura a trav s de las descripciones de ciudades como Oaxaca, con su coloraci n de jade, y Taxco con su resplandor a la luz de la luna.