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Architectural study on the religious buildings of collective character built by the Jewish community of Buenos Aires in the 19t and 20th centuries and where the synagogues are the best examples. Their choices of architectural styles or languages responded to the historic moment when these buildings were constructed and respond to the preferences of each group according to their origin or its constructors or architects. The study analyses their morphology, mostly monumental, outside the city limits, and loaded inside and outside with ornaments and visible symbols of Judaism.

This volume displays several subjects in relation to the house projected and constructed by O'Gorman for Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo in San Angel, that are considered first of the funcionalist style for O'Gorman. The Rivera and Kahlo house is detailed as to theory, plan and use. It also includes the way in which Diego and Frida lived in those spaces.

Monographic edition dedicated to one of the most noted disciples of José Villagrán García and Ignacio Díaz Morales. Architec Nafarrate's works are characteristic for the use of natural illumination and ventilation and the strong importance he gives to the environment. Some of his most recognized works include: Residential complex "Los Parques", Hotel "Las Hadas", and the "Twin Dolphin" in Baja California.

Leonardo Rucabado Gómez (Castro Urdiales, Cantabria, 1875-1918), arquitecto e ingeniero, se formó en Barcelona con los maestros del Modernismo, y desarrolló su arquitectura en Vizcaya, Cantabria y Madrid, utilizando una variedad de estilos, que después negará para concluir en el «Regionalismo». Ha sido considerado simplemente como un arquitecto del «regionalismo montañés», limitando su alcance, pero fue un hombre conocedor de la cultura europea y capaz de elaborar y presentar al debate público una propuesta general para la arquitectura española, en paralelo a lo que otros hacían ...