El Lenguaje clásico de la arquitectura

Life and work of polemic architect and urbanist Meyer (b. Switzerland), one of the most important functionalists of the 1920's. The former director of the Bauhaus, he worked for the Post-Revolutionary Regimes in Mexico as the director of the Instituto del Urbanismo y Planification from 1942 through 1949, while also becoming the editor of the collective graphic workshop Taller de Grafica Popular (TGP) from 1947 to 1949. Many plates of his architectural designs and the structural diagrams Meyer used for the Bauhaus and in IUP in Mexico.

"Comprehensive study by a group of scholars explores the development, expansion, and economic impact of haciendas in the state of Morelos, especially those connected to the sugar industry. Illustrated with contemporary color photographs, 19th- and early-20th-century photographs, and maps. Also includes much archival data"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

Este libro va dirigido a los jóvenes que se disponen a iniciar los estudios universitarios de Arquitectura y que se interrogan sore el contenido de la carrera y la naturaleza de la profesión. Para ellos se expone de manera sencilla en qué consiste la formación del arquitecto y el trabajo que realizarán tras abandonar la universidad. Quizás estas líneas supongan su primer contacto con unas disciplinas y unos métodos de trabajo que serán sus compañeros toda la vida. Pero el contenido del libro puede también ayudar y ofrecer información a todas aquellas personas que estudian,...

The recent boom of Chilean architecture of international and national recognition has been widely documented and promoted in mass publications, books and specialized journals. This book is a collaboration project between different architects that contribute to this process with critical texts of the historic contexts and problems faced by the urban-architectural practice in Chile, highlighting how the political-cultural events of the last 3 decades has influenced local construction. With texts by Jorge Fco. Liernur, Fernando Pérez, Federico Deambrosis and Pedro Bannen, and a prologue by...