Gonzalo Villa Chávez

¿Cómo transforma un habitante común su casa en su hogar? ¿Qué elementos, mecanismos o acciones empleamos para construir la casa vivida? ¿Cuál es el significado de habitar?... Intentaremos responder estas preguntas complejas, poniendo a la luz el sentir de un grupo de habitantes del siglo XXI, que han sido interpelados mediante imágenes de la casa. Partiendo de la premisa de la capacidad de hablar de la fotografía sobre el habitar, confrontamos a los habitantes con series de imágenes de interiores domésticos, sobre las que se elaboran distintas encuestas y les invitamos también a...

Vienna's once exalted status as the showpiece of an empire is reflected in the elegance and monumentality of its architecture. But behind and beyond the stately façades, design innovations are transforming interiors and resulting in exciting new residential and commercial buildings being constructed at the city's edges. This user-friendly little guide profiles some of the most notable projects built during the last few years and includes color photographs and a site map. Another in teNeues' authoritative series of pocket guides to recent architecture in cities around the world Includes color ...

7 papers presented at the simposium "Arquitectura y Percepción" in 2005. The emphasis was on architecture of the 1960's and 1970's.

This well-illustrated Spanish-language book retraces the development and magnificent flowering of Mayan architecture in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and Belize over the period 300 B.C.-A.D. 1500, showing the extraordinary synchronicity of this architecture with that of other Old World societies. Featured cities include Tikal, the earliest Mayan religious center; Palenque, famous for its ceremonial center; and Copan, with its hieroglyphic staircase featuring 2,500 glyphs.