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CONTENIDO: Introduccion.- Planificacion urbana y regional.- Diseno urbano.- Arquitectura.- Semblanzas de Mario Pani.

He estado pensando en escribir este libro hace tiempo... He estado pensando en ser Arquitecta hace más tiempo aún. Más precisamente, hace 40 años... Animo!! Que si Dios y la Patria me lo permiten... Que si Bush, Carter o Nixon, que si Menen, Alfonsín, el Papa o Pluto, que si el dólar, el euro, el patacón, los australes, las fichas del subte, los tickets restaurant, o los vales de caja... Que si Saturno y Mercurio en conjunción con Marte en la casa 4 (¿?). Que después de las elecciones, que antes del corralito, que con los importados, que con la revolución industrial, que con la...

The expert contributors to this lavishly illustrated volume, devoted entirely to Mies van der Rohe's Barcelona Pavilion of 1929, address here for the first time the forgotten contexts of the Pavilion's genesis. Habitually thought of as an abstract, unpolluted, and splendidly isolated building--a precursor of Mies's American period--the Pavilion is revealed here as a thoroughly European work, perhaps less pristine but more authentic. Mies and Lilly Reich were commissioned to design not only the Pavilion but also more than one hundred thousand square feet of German stands spread throughout the...

Mexico City Architecture Guide is a compilation of more than 150 works of architecture dating from the early 20th century up to the present day. To help orient readers, the guide is divided into five areas and includes seven maps to create a comprehensive panorama of the Mexican megalopolis. Each project includes details about the relevant architects, location and year of construction, as well as public transport information. The texts, photographs and maps created for this guide give fresh shape to the city. Now available in an English-language edition for the first time, Mexico City...