Arquitectura biológica 1

"This study goes beyond a formal description and esthetic analysis of house design in Mexico to offer an interpretation based on the complex network of economic, social, and cultural relations. Begins with an analysis of the indigenous home and lifestyle and continues into postrevolutionary, modern, and contemporary periods of historic transition, during which a new conception of urban space developed offering greater possibilities for individual expression. Contains many b/w plates of colonial city plans, 19th-century plans and photographs, and 20th-century photographs up to the...

The book presents the works of three Latin American architects whose designs share functionality and a unique and a protagonist vision of space. Architects Carlos Ott (b. Uruguay) and Mathias Klotz (b. Chile) are two of the most influential architects of Latin America recognized internationally with numerous prizes and with constructed projects in America, Asia and Europe, while young and noted architect Christian Wiese (b. Ecuador) is probably the best known architect in Ecuador with a solid international trajectory.

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 ...

Un par de sencillos trazos sobre el papel pueden generar algo tan complejo como la ilusión de espacio, un maravilloso efecto de tridimensionalidad que puede sofisticarse hasta el infinito ya sea para intentar reproducir la realidad visible, ya sea para inventarnos una nueva. Peter Boerboom y Tim Proetel han recopilado y clasifi cado en este libro los métodos básicos de representación del espacio para ayudarnos a conocerlos de manera práctica e intuitiva. Una propuesta dirigida tanto a dibujantes inexpertos como avanzados que permitirá tomar conciencia de todos aquellos recursos visuales ...