Carlos Obregón Santacilia

GEOMETRÍA fue una revista técnica e independiente que, dirigida por el Arquitecto José Seguí, se editó entre los años 1.985 y 2.000 tratando de recuperar el diálogo profesional entre las prácticas de la arquitectura y del urbanismo, desarrollando y entendiendo el proyecto arquitectónico y urbanístico desde la propia estructura urbana que lo soporta y su referencia al proyecto global de la ciudad. Esta conjunción de valores estéticos y prácticos, que podríamos definirlos como el arte de construir ciudades, fue el centro de un debate profesional que construyó la disciplina de la...

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...

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 ...

A multidisciplinary collaboration that explores and documents the transcultural and urban transformations of the town of San Juan del Rio in the State of Querétaro.