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A Compilation of 30 Innovative Architectonic Inventions in Catalonia. The architecture produced in Catalonia has often been in the vanguard of Europe, especially since Barcelona hosted the 1992 Olympics. This book is an exciting overview of innovative spaces and techniques made in Catalonia, presenting a cross section of 'products' as well as the buildings and environments for which they were conceived. The products solve specific program requirements, new social demands, environmental needs, budget limitations and design aspirations to improve on the status quo. They are proving grounds of...

The present edition graphically documents the design, construction and installationof the mega main public library Biblioteca de México "José Vasconcelos" locatedin Mexico City. In 2001 a transformation project of the Biblioteca de México proposal had three main actions: the restoration of the La Ciudadela building, the construction of a more modern and larger building and the establishment of an interchange network between the public libraries in México, where the new library was to be the central node of a national network. The new library that includes surrounding botanical garden was...

A major critical study by noted architect and researcher Ramón Gutiérrez on the different phases of the history and evolution of the architectural patrimony of Paraguay spanning from primitive and colonial times to present days. The book includes a large collection of period photographs and color reproductions of the watercolors of the city of Asuncion done between 1855 and 1856 by French traveler Francisco Vincent of colonial and old Asuncion that graphically document how the original urban profile of Asunción has paid the tribute of the urban development and progress sacrificing its most ...

"Demolición: el agujero negro de la modernidad" propone una nueva lectura sobre la demolición o abandono vs. la conservación y reestructuración de proyectos de vivienda social con el objeto de mejorar los planes de intervención sobre entornos complejos. Complejos, porque involucran una problema 'tica de fondo que va más allá ́ de la arquitectura, y tiene que ver con sesgos raciales, sociales, políticos, económicos. Por tanto, es una investigación sobre proyectos arquitectónicos pero no se limita a ellos. A través de los proyectos de vivienda social Pruitt-Igoe (construido en 1954 ...