El temple de la arquitectura

La enseñanza y el aprendizaje del diseño han tenido variaciones importantes durante el transcurso del último siglo. Los nuevos enfoques para el proyecto de arquitectura han merecido una destacada atención, con resultados en arquitecturas que derivan de la saludable pretensión de indicar caminos innovativos. En nuestro país la enseñanza del proyecto se ha concentrado en actividades de taller, y han sido los talleres de arquitectura el ámbito pionero en la aplicación de este sistema pedagógico y didáctico, según los escritos y la entrevista que contiene esta publicación. En...

In the immediate postwar years, a new type of modern architecture emerges. Beatriz Colomina presents domesticity as a potent new weapon in a changed architectural battlefield. This architecture becomes the property of the middle-class consumer bombarded with images of domestic bliss, a lifestyle campaign launched through recycled military techniques. The significance of architects like Charles and Ray Eames lies in their sensitivity to buildings and images both defining space. Colomina is Director of Princeton University's Architecture PhD program and acclaimed author of Privacy and Publicity ...

A collection of writings by Enrique Yañez to mark the twentieth anniversary of his death. The text presents an approach to life and observations of the architect, covering the fields of architecture, its social function, urbanism, society and culture.

This number of the monographic series is dedicated to restoration specialist, architect and watercolor painter Villa Chávez (b. Mexico). This extensive study of Villa Chávez life and architecture is divided in 2 parts: the first reviews his academic career and his professional practice in Guadalajara and Colima. A second part reviews in detail his restoration projects, his architecture, his open space interventions and his pictorial production (watercolors and drawings). Amongst other academic contributions Villa Chávez founded the School of Architecture in the University of Colima and was ...