Andrés Fernández-Albalat arquitecto

The author describes and discusses the influence Le Corbusier in Uruguay through a series of trips, the first done by the Swiss-French architect in 1929, and the remaining ones from the three Uruguayan architects who joined the workshop of the notable architect: Carlos Gómez Gavazzo, in 1933, Justino Serralta, in 1948, and Carlos Clémot, in 1949. The study also includes aspects of Antonio Bonet Castellana's trip, who was there in 1937 and in Uruguay from 1945 to 1948, and additionally analyzes what Eladio Dieste learned from his "Le Courvoisier partners" Serralta and Clémot as well as the...

Barcelona 1992-2004 offers a selection of chronologically arranged projects that provide an overview of the period that commences with the 1992 Olympic Games and culminates in the huge cultural event that is the Universal Forum of Cultures-Barcelona 2004. The selection has focused in particular on projects involving the city’s openness to the sea and those which have managed to adapt to its existing residential fabric. Presented as separate chapters are projects for new high-rise buildings and schemes for the 22@ plan and the Universal Forum of Cultures. The selection is preceded by a text...

Mirar la Arquitectura desde fuera de la Arquitectura.... La Historia de la Arquitectura habita en el un Centro comercial... Hoy podemos acceder a toda la Historia de la Arquitectura con un simple clic... Construir suen~os... Los tiempos hoy reclaman ma ́s emocio ́n y menos informacio ́n... El Proyecto Arquitecto ́nico hoy es la Estacio ́n Espacial Internacional....La Metaciudad actual es un cyborg de escala planetaria... la Arquitectura del presente es li ́quida y fluctuante como el Universo... Se persigue un doble objetivo: reflexionar sobre esta nueva e inevitable evolucio ́n, de la...

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 ...