Jose Luis Mateo/Spanish and English

Estamos ante un libro singular que, como una hoja de papel, tiene dos caras inevitables y complementarias. Esta dividido en dos partes claramente diferenciadas: una tematica - los elementos de la arquitectura - y otra de recorrido historico - la historia y el significado de la arquitectura -.La primera parte, dividida en ocho capitulos, afronta los conceptos basicos de la arquitectura, a los que Roth denomina elementos. La segunda parte se dedica de manera didactica y sistematica a la historia y al significado de la arquitectura. Roth recorre a lo largo de trece capitulos la historia de la...

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...

Describes the degree and license mechanisms for the professional practice of architecture in Peru from the first courses in the 19th century through the beginning of the 20th century, with a detailed presentation of the school formation of the architects from 1910 to 1950 in the School of Engineering of the university. The book was originally the author's masters thesis and won the prize "Héctor Velarde" during the XI Bienal Nacional de Arquitectura, organized in 2004 by CAP.

A detailed study on the architecture and the life of British engineer and architect Reed who left an extraordinary legacy of neoclassic architecture in Colombia and in other regions of Latin America. Reed designed and constructed the Capitolio Nacional and the Museo Nacional in Colombia along other public buildings, theaters as well as other constructions in Ecuador and Venezuela between 1843 and 1878.