ANTIARQUITECTURA Y DECONSTRUCCION

A complete vision of the paths and ideals of German-born architect (now New York resident) Simon Ungers's compelling work is documented in this wide-ranging survey that brings together examples from three categories--commissions, competitions, and installations--ranging from built houses to schemes for sculpture installations in art galleries. 80 color and b&w illustrations.

La rápida e intensiva evolución que han experimentado las tecnologías biológicas y digitales a finales del siglo XX, han producido importantes transformaciones en nuestros hábitos cotidianos y laborales. En el campo específico de la arquitectura, se iniciaba con esto, un universo de nuevos planteos que desafían las concepciones tradicionales del diseño, dando lugar a una arquitectura con una expresión espacial germinal, fluida, en continuo proceso de cambio y de transformación hasta su concreción física final. Una arquitectura de modelos digitales producidas a través de una...

Historical-documental biography of architect-engineer Antonio Arróniz Topete (b. Jalisco 1858-1926), "the engineer of red bricks". The book documents his life and work, considered to be of one of the most extensive and complete elaborated at the end of the Porfirio Diaz regime and the first decades of the 20th century in the State of Jalisco. The book studies his architectural legacy, such as the Ex Seminario Mayor de Guadalajara, transformed into the XV Zona Militar and now the Secretaría de Cultura of Jalisco, the Escuela de Artes y Oficios del Espíritu Santo (demolished in 1953), the...

Monographic edition dedicated to architect Alejandro Zohn, (Guadalajara, 1930, Vienna immigrated to Mexico 1939-2000) whose major architectural legacy was in public architecture that included: Mercado Libertad, Auditorio Municipal, El Archivo de Jalisco among many others.