América Latina, nueva arquitectura

Luxurious edition that reviews the history and architecture of the Mexican governmental building "Palacio Nacional" and the rich artistic and political patrimony it holds.

Beautiful edited general study from an architectural of the formal and technical characteristics of the constructions of the various ethnic groups of Venezuela. The fine edition includes the history of the Indian architecture as described by travelers, observers and chronics from colonial times. The collaboration project between architect historian Gasparini and anthropologist Margolies was distinguished in 1987 with the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship Fullbright Scholarship.

Mallol is an architectural design center that functions under the lead of its director and promoter, Panamanian architect Ignacio Mallol Tamayo. This edition examines 25 year of professional operations of the largest architectural firm in Central America and illustrates, with more than 270 color images, representative examples of Latin American 21st century architecture, highlighting the firm's most representative buildings: Le Cube Mallol, one of the early designs (where Mallol plays with forms, space and symetry), a clear example of the type of large constructions that would later...

Sobre la fugacidad. O por qué vivir bien no es una broma. La vivienda es un asunto que no tan solo concierne a los negocios inmobiliarios, sino a la reflexión más profunda sobre la arquitectura. Y los arquitectos, casi todos, en una alianza constante y sumisa con los dueños del capital, siempre están más atareados en buscar un beneficio económico para unos pocos y olvidan un compromiso social para muchos. La vivienda social, como la vivienda en general, podría repensarse desde unas cuantas condiciones que, por supuesto, no interesan lo más mínimo a los que opinan que el inmovilismo, ...