Los nuevos principios del urbanismo

The present edition graphically documents the design, construction and installationof the mega main public library Biblioteca de México "José Vasconcelos" locatedin Mexico City. In 2001 a transformation project of the Biblioteca de México proposal had three main actions: the restoration of the La Ciudadela building, the construction of a more modern and larger building and the establishment of an interchange network between the public libraries in México, where the new library was to be the central node of a national network. The new library that includes surrounding botanical garden was...

Algunos temas que contiene: Parque de Berrio. Siglo XIX (Foto); Medellín 1541 ¿ 1920; Carlos E. Carré (1863 - 1909); Carrera Junín (Foto); Calle de La Alambra (Foto); Catedral en medio de la construcción (Foto); Catedral Metropolitana (Foto); Datos técnicos de la Catedral; Palacio Amador (Demolido); El Palacio Arzobispal (Foto); Kiosco Mirador en La Finca Miraflores; Edificio Comercial (Vicente Villa); Mercado Cubierto de Guayaquil (Demolido); Plaza de Mercado (Foto); Templo de San José ; Iglesia de San José (Marinilla); Templo de Nuestra Señora Del Rosario (Catedral de Girardota);...

Contribución al conocimiento de las controversias que se crearon en torno a la cultura urbanística de los años ochenta del siglo pasado. Pretende esbozar, de una manera sintética y ordenada, las reflexiones teóricas y las ideas que se forjaron en aquella época, donde el urbanismo se convirtió en símbolo de la política municipal.

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 ...