El agua en Toledo y su entorno

ensayos que componen este libro, proponen un vinculo entre la imaginacion y la arquitectura, a traves de relatos, descripciones y fantasias acerca de espacios que surgieron a partir de esa capacidad humana temporal y utopica que nos permite prefigurar el acto creativo: la imaginacion. Pero la imaginacion es mucho mas que una facultad del ser humano, es un proceso superior complejo que permite trascender nuestra condicion humana y posibilita superar las fronteras del mundo fisico e incluso del mundo incorporeo, que desde la Ilustracion -en el contexto de Occidente- quedo reducido al...

This volume features 25 architectural works constructed in Chile by architect Valdés between 1963 and 2007. It also comprises a series of texts that the author gathered after several conversations with the architect from 2001 to 2006, in a first-hand account of the creative process established by the architect about design, material, construction and space.

In the nineties, the modern orthodoxy has stopped imposing its criteria. At a time when there are as many architectural philosophies as architects, this volume offers us some answers to the common question of where present-day architecture is going. This view of the current world of architecture is presented through analysis of the projects of the most recognized and respected architects, but also the most innovative ones and those of the new generations.

Directory of the International Union of Architects, containing by-laws, ethics, competition regulations, committee meeting dates and locations, committee member listings, country member listings and a brief historical sketch of the union.