Hacia un urbanismo alternativo

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 ...

Un magnífico estudio del arte dentro de los museos, exposiciones y en defintiva dentro del espacio. A su vez una descripción de los museos más representativos a lo largo de la historia con cuadros sinópticos, gráficos y una importante cantidad de imágenes que acompañan un texto de suma actualidad.

"Architecture & Design Australia" is a new survey of Australian Architecture that takes an expansive look at over 50 builings, from private dwellings to public monuments, and includes many award-winning projects that have helped shape the energetic state of Australian design today. It is fair to say that the diversity of the Australian continent shapes the complexity of its architecture, and it is these ingredients that continue to set the scene for the country's exciting architectural language. An index with contact information of the featured architects and designers is enclosed.

Según el Censo de 1947 el Conurbano Bonaerense tenía 1,74 millones de habitantes en tanto que en el censo de 2001 esa cantidad se había multiplicado por 5, alcanzando a los 8,68 millones. Esos habitantes viven hoy el 60% sin redes de cloacas, 25% sin agua corriente, segregados laboral y socialmente, expuestos a la inseguridad y a la droga. Quieren irse, volver a sus provincias, a sus costumbres y a sus raíces, pero no pueden, están como encadenados a sus viviendas. Ésa es una de las causas por las que este libro propone modificar el régimen de tenencia de las viviendas sociales a fin...