Introducción a la historia de la arquitectura

El presente libro es producto de tres cursos de capacitación impartidos por el autor al personal de Secretaría de Obras y Servicios de la Ciudad de México, a través de la División de Educación Continua y a Distancia de la Facultad de Ingeniería, con sede en el Palacio de Minería perteneciente a la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.

A compilation of texts by Professor Julio Arroyo previously presented in different academic meetings make up the present edition centered in public spaces in contemporary cities and the architecture that is concomitant, taking as a study reference the city of Santa Fe. Public spaces are a crucial category of urban life. However, in contemporary cities inconsistencies and contradictions prevail against the ethical postulates that define them -social cohesion, democratic inclusion, free expression, symbolic representation of citizen values- and the phenomena of what is public, dissociated in...

Este libro recoge el estudio de uno de los ejemplos más sobresalientes de la Arquitectura del Movimiento Moderno de Asturias: el conjunto histórico industrial de la Central de Soto de Ribera y los conjuntos residenciales de Soto del Rey y de Ribera de Arriba, cuyos trabajos constructivos se iniciaron en 1959, bajo la promoción de las sociedades de Electra de Viesgo, S.A. e Hidroeléctrica del Cantábrico, S.A.\r\nEntre los valores más singulares del conjunto resultan especialmente destacables las intervenciones realizadas por el arquitecto Álvarez Castelao, en el diseño y planificación ...

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 ...