Musica, color y arquitectura

"The book examines the life and architectonic and didactic legacy of noted architect O'Gorman (b. Mexico) with critical texts by expert scholars regarding some of his ideas on the aesthetics of architecture with a special emphasis in public primary schools. Includes a reprint of the booklet titled "Escuelas Primarias 1932" by O'Gorman as a report while working for the Mexican Ministry of Education (SEP) of the construction of 28 public primary schools in Mexico City."--Provided by vendor.

Un recorrido sencillo y ameno a través de 100 jardines ingleses representativos e influyentes desde el siglo xvi hasta la actualidad. Abarca la historia completa de los jardines ingleses, desde los más formales del Renacimiento y los bucólicos lugares de la tradición paisajística inglesa hasta las borduras herbáceas estilo Arts & Crafts del siglo xx y los diseños contemporáneos. Incluye jardines históricos y auténticos símbolos nacionales, como los del palacio de Hampton Court y el palacio Blenheim de Capability Brown, así como ejemplos influyentes y menos conocidos, como los de...

"Taking over the baton from their mentor and friend Eduardo Chillida, the architects Juan Carlos Sancho (San Sebastián, 1957) and Sol Madridejos (Madrid, 1958) have pursued a sensitive dialectic between matter and void that lies at the foundations of a fertile formal laboratory, one where the fold is an instrument with great potential in the attainment of structural, spatial, and material coherence. In these pages Arquitectura Viva presents a selection of four Spanish works – ranging from a small chapel to a large educational complex – in which the duo composes variations on the same...

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.