La arquitectura moderna

"The book reviews the personality and temperament of neoclassic architect De Alba (b. Mexico) through his architecture. De Alba was an architect/engineer who left anarchitectural legacy in the cities of Guadalajara and Chapala active at the turn of the 20th century whose constructions reflect the universal eclecticism of a Revolutionary generation and industrial society educated during the Porfirio Diaz regime"--Provided by vendor.

This volume features 25 architectural works constructed in Chile by architect Valdés between 1963 and 2007. It also comprises a series of texts that the author gathered after several conversations with the architect from 2001 to 2006, in a first-hand account of the creative process established by the architect about design, material, construction and space.

Esta obra, un clásico en la disciplina del diseño urbano y completamente actualizada en esta edición, presenta una investigación profunda y documentada del desarrollo del urbanismo, desde fines del siglo XIX hasta el surgimiento del diseño urbano en 1960, incluyendo por lo tanto, una amplia perspectiva epistemológica e histórica sobre la ciudad moderna. El contenido está orientado a programas de docencia universitaria y, sobre todo, a presentar por disciplinas y por temas, las principales cuestiones que se refieren a la ciudad contemporánea. Se incluye en anexo una cronología para...

The book is an historic and graphical account of the patios of "vecindad" (neighbourhood) in the port city of Veracruz, in a period that goes from the end of the 19th century to the beginning of the 21st century. The foreword of this edition, states that the first record of a patio of a "vecindad" dates back to 1791, highlighting that those patios have seen the early years of musician and singer "Toña la Negra" and were the place of origin of the famous "picadas" from Veracruz, one of the most popular snacks of the jarocha traditional cuisine.