Casas internacional 158: Vicens + Ramos Arquitectos

1998 Premio Bienal: Historia Both an architectural and a social history, this book examines the social implications of the elaborate design, construction, and decor details of Colombian republican houses of the 19th and 20th centuries. The elegant hallways, warm bedrooms, and eclectic combinations of foreign styles are the main characteristics of Colombia's post-colonial homes and an evocative means to rediscover the majesty of Colombia’s Belle Époque. Una historia tanto de arquitectura como de una sociedad, este libro fotográfico ilumina las implicaciones sociales de los elaborados...

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 ...

"Critical study and research of the life and architecture of Urzúa (b. Mexico) who along architects Luis Barragán and Ignacio Díaz Morales started the localartistic movement known as "regionalismo" in Guadalajara. The edition is divided in 3 sections: his life, closely related to his architecture, an illustrated catalogue of his life production and acollection of facsimile copies of documents from his personal archives"--Provided by vendor.

El objeto de este libro es realizar un estado de la cuestión so­bre los sistemas de almacenamiento y conservación de ali­mentos entre los pueblos prerromanos peninsulares. La in­formación de la que se parte es desigual ya que depende, en gran medida, de las diferentes tradiciones de excavación e investigación en las distintas áreas culturales. Dentro de los sistemas de almacenamiento se diferencia aquellos orien­tados a satisfacer la demanda doméstica cotidiana de gru­pos familiares –almacenamiento doméstico– y los pensados para dar respuesta a sistemas de redistribución,...