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A mediados del XIX el Ayuntamiento de Sevilla, impulsado por la necesidad de extinguir la mendicidad en las calles de la capital, fundó el Asilo de Mendicidad de San Fernando para recoger en él a cuantos niños y mayores que, bien por su avanzada edad o por encontrarse desamparados y en la orfandad, necesitaran ser asistidos.

La presente obra contiene un sustrato expositivo de la arquitectura gaudiniana sobre el sentido naturalista del arte de Gaudi, segun la tesis doctoral de Gustavo Garcia Gabarro, dirigida por Juan Bassegoda Nonell quien, a su vez, expone un resumen de los estudios realizados en la Real Catedra Gaudi a lo largo de 30 anos. Mediante este estudio se intenta hacer comprensible a Gaudi a traves de su sentido franciscano del mundo y del arte, evitando cualquier enfoque historiografico o relativo a la morfologia descriptiva de los edificios construidos por este especial arquitecto catalan.Gaudi....

Ask Americans to think of a famous architect and the person they are most likely to name is Frank Lloyd Wright. Wright's work, his reputation, and his long and colorful career have made him an icon of modern American architecture. But despite his status as America's most celebrated architect, his influence throughout an active practice spanning the years 1896 to 1959 is so wide and complex that it has been difficult to grasp fully. The essays in this book look not at the United States, the context usually associated with Wright, but at countries around the globe. Anthony Alofsin has assembled ...

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...