Ciudades imaginadas en la literatura y en las artes

A study by the founder of the Escuela de Arquitectura de la Universidad del Bío-Bío. The first part is a history from pre-Columbian times to 1973, omitting the long colonial period. The second part considers the evolution of urbanism in Chile and includes a chronology of national and international architectural events and several annexes.

The book examines the long, productive and stormy relationship architect Le Corbusier had with Argentina and the series of events in consequence. His Argentinean disciples Jorge Ferrari Hardoy, Juan Kurchan and Antonio Bonet, although influenced by the master architect had their own architectonic and urban ideas. The book examines the "Austral Net" created towards the productive, plural and complex relationship of these 4 personages where the central figure is the famed Swiss architect. The book is chronologically organized and includes a selection of the most important architecture...

Catálogo de la exposición del mismo nombre, resultado de la segunda edición del Premio Andalucía de Arquitectura, que en su modalidad de "obra construida" galardonó la Remodelación y ampliación de la Estación de Ferrocarril de Basilea, de Cruz y Ortiz arquitectos. La publicación recoge un panorama de las mejores realizaciones de la arquitectura andaluza en el periodo del 2000 al 2005, en el que se muestran obras tanto de escala urbanística como pequeñas intervenciones en el paisaje, edificios de viviendas y espacios públicos, pasando por rehabilitaciones o edificios de servicios.

The present edition publishes part of the research papers presented during the "Seminario de Investigación Arquitectura para la Producción" organized by the university of Michoacán between 2001 and 2002 that included the participation of national and international academics. The book gathers 23 collective and individual multidisciplinary works that examine from various perspectives the history of architecture in rural areas. Works are mainly focused in the colonial territory of the ex-bishopry of Michoacán divided in 4 main topics: Space, settlements, technology and environment and...