Construir bajo el cielo

The present research work is based on original manuscripts and testimonies from architect González Gortázar (b. Mexico) regarding his transcendent architecture and urban designs. González Gortázar is considered at present one of the most important architects of México, creator of spaces and urban art that are now geometric symbols and references of the city of Guadalajara in México. The architect strongly practices the concept of "Space and Art" and where the city should never loose their social function for which it was originally conceived and constructed.

Libro de clara intención pedagógica en el que se analiza el espacio urbano desde un enfoque morfologista estableciendo una dialéctica de aproximación desde las partes, es decir desde los tipos edificatorios, las parcelas, las manzanas, las calles, los espacios libres y los usos y actividades que definen los distintos tejidos. Sin embargo, tanto la introducción como los textos de apertura de cada capítulo no ocultan la voluntad de los autores de tomar postura en relación con los temas más controvertidos del debate profesional en torno al proyecto urbano y de dar testimonio de las...

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 ...

Brief overview of ObregÑn's (b. Mexico) work as one of the most influencial Mexican born architects of the 20th century.