La ciudad y los derechos humanos

Barcelona 1992-2004 offers a selection of chronologically arranged projects that provide an overview of the period that commences with the 1992 Olympic Games and culminates in the huge cultural event that is the Universal Forum of Cultures-Barcelona 2004. The selection has focused in particular on projects involving the city’s openness to the sea and those which have managed to adapt to its existing residential fabric. Presented as separate chapters are projects for new high-rise buildings and schemes for the 22@ plan and the Universal Forum of Cultures. The selection is preceded by a text...

"Cuando en 1537 Cosimo I llegó a Florencia desde el exilio, Italia era un complejo escenario que se disputaban España, Francia y el Papado. Muy pronto Cosimo se convirtió en vasallo de Carlos V y en una pieza clave para sus objetivos en suelo italiano; el emperador, a cambio, favoreció su ascenso político, económico y nobiliario. Esta circunstancia, sumada al matrimonio de Cosimo con Eleonora de Toledo -miembro de una de las familias más influyentes de la corte hispana-, lo llevó a rodearse de una gens nova, nacida a la sombra del nuevo Estado para reemplazar a las familias...

This study is a detailed tour of the main landmarks and architectural changes in Colombia, during the last three decades, particularly in relation to architecture that reclaims the public space.

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.