Buenos Aires

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.

El dibujo constituye una herramienta capaz de construir y transformar ideas de manera rápida y eficaz. La habilidad de pensar por medio de una imagen es fundamental para transitar por las diversas propuestas conceptuales y conformar la idea arquitectónica. Esta obra propone reorientar el proceso de pensamiento gráfico como el medio idóneo para el desarrollo de ideas y su proyección en el espacio, así como el dominio del entorno creativo, pues este acto de construcción conceptual encuentra su origen en el equilibrio de un dominio de conocimientos técnicos, científicos y artísticos...

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.

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 ...