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Ask Americans to think of a famous architect and the person they are most likely to name is Frank Lloyd Wright. Wright's work, his reputation, and his long and colorful career have made him an icon of modern American architecture. But despite his status as America's most celebrated architect, his influence throughout an active practice spanning the years 1896 to 1959 is so wide and complex that it has been difficult to grasp fully. The essays in this book look not at the United States, the context usually associated with Wright, but at countries around the globe. Anthony Alofsin has assembled ...

La experiencia del Grupo R se analiza en este libro desde una doble vertiente: su historia documental y sus obras más relevantes. Los 16 edificios seleccionados pertenecen a los arquitectos Moragas, Sostres, Pratmarsó, Coderch, Bohigas y Martorell, Bassó y Gili, Balcells, Ribas Piera y el equipo Giráldez, López Íñigo y Subías. Los autores del texto, Carme -Rodríguez, historiadora y Jorge Torres, arquitecto, aportan en este libro un estudio dedicado monográficamente a una experiencia pionera en la recuperación de la arquitectura moderna.

Reúne ensayos acerca de la problemática del crecimiento urbano, especialmente en América Latina. Explica el problema a la luz de una concepción que efectivamente vincule la dinámica de la población con el desarrollo económico y correlacione la estructura de las ciudades con las contradicciones de las clases sociales y las formas de dominación.

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.