La vivienda social

To know the work of art in its historical context we can understand and explain its meaning, the symbols involved, the author's intention and the reasons that allowed its creation. In this sense, the book seeks to recognize the various manifestations of art in its historical perspective. The book comprises ten original works, that try to discern the artistic creations since Pre-Hispanic times, in the Viceroyalty, up to the current period, and where visual arts, drama and music are also involved. "This book emerges as a need to spread the texts on art carried out by professors and students of...

Homage dedicated to the IIDEHA and its contribution to the development of the operative architecture for design in Argentina. 9 multidisciplinary essays from the academic seminars on subjects that influenced Argentinean modern architecture from 1957-2007, plus 11 essays on leading architects that include: Jaime Roca (1899-1970); Abdulio Bruno Giudici; Marina Waisman; Iván Hernández Lagua; Francisco Bullrich. Plus an important documentary appendice filled with information.

The book analyses a selection of 10 houses and 14 buildings constructed in Costa Rica from 2000 to 2005 and that represent the current urban San Jose's growth trends. The domestic architecture reflects a higher purchasing power with an appreciation oh natural surroundings, the office and industrial buildings are aimed some at rescuing the historic downtown area while others were constructed in the suburban area of the city. Includes biographies of mentioned architects.

El fin de la arquitectura expone detalladamente de que manera los caminos conceptuales y formales desarrollados por el diseño y la arquitectura contemporánea auspician su propia desaparición y van en contra de las ideas que hasta hoy manejábamos para hablar de lo arquitectonico. Esta desaparición es resultado de diferentes posturas que proponen la fragmentación, la desmaterialización y la estructuraciín biomórfica como conceptos principales del hacer constructivo, esquivando los principios básicos que conforman la idea la arquitectura desde su nacimiento hasta la modernidad.