Espacios mínimos habitables

The book is the resulting papers from the Seminars of Latin American Architecture (SAL) organized by CEDODAL as an example of academic cooperation between Latin American architects who share their concern for the conservation of the region's architectural patrimony. This edition comprises case studies and historical, economic, social and architectural analysis of the farms and landowners of the haciendas and estancias from 7 countries of Latin America: Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, México, Perú and Puerto Rico.

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.

Resumen: Se desarrolla una original tesis filosofica en torno a las implicaciones del modo heideggeriano de entender la afectividad para la comprensión de la manera efectiva en que el ser humano construye mundo sobre la base de su ser posibilidad. Se vincula no solo la relación del hombre con el mundo a partir de una especifica idea de lugar, sino sobretodo con la propia manera en que este se concibe a si mismo en tanto habitante.

London is famous for Big Ben; Paris for the Eiffel Tower; Rome for the Colosseum. Barcelona, on the other hand, is not identified by one or two famous buildings as these other European cities, but rather by an entire movement of turn-of-the-century architecture known simply as Modernisme. Familiar to Americans as art nouveau, its most famous practitioner was the artist and architect Antoni Gaudi. But the city is filled with superb examples of art nouveau in vivid color in Barcelona Art Nouveau. This book offers a tour of 46 houses, public buildings, and monuments in the art-nouveau style,...