Jose Luis Mateo/Spanish and English

¿Cual era la visión del mundo de Antoni Gaudí? ¿Qué pensaba el arquitecto sobre la belleza, la luz, el arte, la geometría o la naturaleza? Este volumen recoge los aspectos fundamentales de su filosofía, a través de citas recopiladas por sus discípulos, y los ejemplifica con multitud de imágenes de sus obras más conocidas.

The transformation of public space in Mexico City through the years are evident, the population growth and its demands has resulted in a complex network of resources necessary for the coexistence and development in the city. Just to illustrate this phenomenon from one Delegation, Coyoacán, to size the number of factors that shaped the urban environment of this century. To further explore the topic, the study is divided into three distinct areas of the delegation and is exemplified in the history of the creation of these spaces through maps and graphs that they add images and allowing the...

The subject of this artist's sketchbook is an artistic and environmental project that was inaugurated by Cristina Iglesias on November 6, 2010. It concerns an underwater labyrinth, consisting of three submerged rooms built in cement, in the waters off the Espiritu Santo Island in Baja California's Candelero Bay. This house will slowly be inhabited by life. The project was promoted by the Fundación Mexicana para la Educación Ambiental A.C. (Fundea), in collaboration with the marine biologists and conservationists of the La Paz Coasts and The San Diego Oceanography Institute. This portfolio...

En este libro publicado por primera vez en 1973, Christian Norberg-Schulz describe la historia de la arquitectura occidental como una historia de formas significativas. En base a esta perspectiva, que remite a la filosofia existencialista y a la fenomenologia, el autor analiza las principales etapas y los edificios mas importantes en la historia de la arquitectura, desde el antiguo Egipto hasta nuestros dias. Las construcciones de los diversos periodos culturales son descritas como una expresion de valores religiosos y filosoficos prevalentes. El analisis meticuloso del origen significativo...