Suelo urbano y vivienda social en Bogotá

Este libro trata de cómo se reflejan las ideas y las realidades arquitectónicas sobre un plano gráfico. El dibujo de arquitectura se examina desde una perspectiva teórica, al tiempo que se ofrece un breve repaso histórico de sus ejemplos más significativos.

El presente volumen reúne por primera vez los escritos que Xenakis, una de las figuras más destacadas de la cultura europea de la segunda mitad del siglo XX, consagró a la arquitectura y a las relaciones entre esta disciplina y la música. El examen de sus archivos personales ha desvelado, entre otras cosas, la riqueza de este material -artículos, cartas, conferencias, escritos teóricos, reflexiones programáicas-, que completa los propios bocetos y proyectos arquitectónicos. Los originales de Xenakis (presentados y comentados por Sharon Kanach) se articulan en cuatro apartados: Los...

This number of the monographic series is dedicated to restoration specialist, architect and watercolor painter Villa Chávez (b. Mexico). This extensive study of Villa Chávez life and architecture is divided in 2 parts: the first reviews his academic career and his professional practice in Guadalajara and Colima. A second part reviews in detail his restoration projects, his architecture, his open space interventions and his pictorial production (watercolors and drawings). Amongst other academic contributions Villa Chávez founded the School of Architecture in the University of Colima and was ...

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.