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The book analyses a selection of 10 houses and 14 buildings constructed in Costa Rica from 2000 to 2005 and that represent the current urban San Jose's growth trends. The domestic architecture reflects a higher purchasing power with an appreciation oh natural surroundings, the office and industrial buildings are aimed some at rescuing the historic downtown area while others were constructed in the suburban area of the city. Includes biographies of mentioned architects.

Las sorprendentes mutaciones que se presentaron a partir del 2010 tanto en el contexto global como en las dinámicas nacionales determinaron nuevos rumbos para la ciudad y la arquitectura urbana de Colombia, los cuales se concretaron en formas distintas de concebir lo urbano arquitectónico desde lo público. El resultado de ello es que se pusieron a prueba las bondades y certezas de lo construido entre los años 1980 y 2010—lapso cubierto por la primera edición de este libro—, hasta el punto de que algunos de los aparentes éxitos reventaron, víctimas de su propia megalomanía, y...

"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...