Observatorios culturales

The book analyses a selection of 10 houses and 14 buildings constructed in Costa Rica from 2000 to 2005 and that represent the current urban San Jose's growth trends. The domestic architecture reflects a higher purchasing power with an appreciation oh natural surroundings, the office and industrial buildings are aimed some at rescuing the historic downtown area while others were constructed in the suburban area of the city. Includes biographies of mentioned architects.

El segundo volumen de Cristianismo, Historia y textualidad, la obra cumbre de Luis Vergara Anderson, explora la posibilidad de conciliar la tradición cristiana con la hindú del Vedanta-advaita, siguiendo las intuiciones de un par de monjes que vivieron para lograr este objetivo. Si cabe afirmar la Encarnación universal desde el cristianismo, podríamos encontrar una identidad insospechada entre ambas tradiciones religiosas. A la luz de un magnífico estudio técnico sobre la predicación de Jesús sobre el Reino de Dios, que recrea el estado del arte de la cuestión del Jesús histórico,...

Quito Heritage.-The most exciting and poetic journey through UNESCO's first World Cultural Heritage site. The pre-Columbian, ancient Quito and its domains: the colonial Quito that begins with Sebastian de Benalcázar, the Republican Quito, cradle of independence in the Americas, the metropolitan Quito, vibrant, cosmopolitan and modern. All these different forms of Quito are included of this book, opening to us generously, showing us the paths to the most beautiful altars i Latin America, covered in gold and Escuela Quiteña, showing us the unique identity of Ecuador's capital. The book...

Reference honoring the cultural and architecture legacy of Daz Morales (b. Mexico) in the centenary of his birth. The present catalogue complements the book "Ignacio Diaz, su pensamiento" and is the result of an exhaustive research in the archive of the Diaz Morales family, examining a large number of documents and selecting for this publication the most representative. The drawings, documents, photographs, plans and elevations of each project are chronologically organized and represent the 7 decades of designs and architectural projects by the noted architect.