Inquietud teórica y estrategia proyectual en la obra de ocho arquitectos contemporáneos

El color es pigmento e ilusión visual, materia y cognición. Este libro presenta una serie de experimentos y ejercicios para explorar las posibilidades del color a partir de esta doble naturaleza. Con su habitual estilo ameno e instructivo, Peter Boerboom y Tim Proetel comparten un sinfín de técnicas, recursos y efectos gráficos -como la transparencia, las veladuras, las gotas o el ritmo- para que principiantes y profesionales descubran el potencial expresivo de la materialidad del color y sus efectos en nuestra percepción visual. Un compendio práctico que rápidamente se convertirá en ...

Con este trabajo pretende dejar de lado las modas arquitectónicas para concentrarse en favorecer vivencias plenas de los usuarios con conceptos que permitan a él y sus lectores transformar los espacios con soluciones creativas para que sus proyectos sean mejores experiencias arquitectónicas para quienes los viven.

Monographic series dedicated to architects that have worked in the state of Jalisco during the 20th century. Each number of the series follows 4 basic points of the life and workof the 25 selected names: academic formation, influences, professional work and contributionsto the built cultural patrimony of the state. This number is devoted to architect Aceves Ortega (b. Mexico 1938), his unique architecture and his generous contributions to the fine arts with graphic and text testimonies of his work through plans, drawings, photographies and personal accounts that reflect his thoughts and...

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...