Frank Lloyd Wright

Colombian architect Rogelio Salmona has translated pragmatic and poetic concepts and intentions into physical form. These result from the architect's deep communion with and understanding of the materials and processes, as well as of the historic-cultural context in which his architectural intervention takes place. Salmona's oeuvre, including such notable examples as the Torres del Parque (1967) in Bogota, the Presidential House for Illustrious Guests (1981) in Cartagena, the Quimbaya Museum (1983) in Armenia and the National Archive of the Nation (1992) in Bogota, is without doubt one of the ...

Hay una obra inmensa, compleja, abismal, polifacética: se trata de la filmografía de Ingmar Bergman. De todos estos atributos me quedo con el último: obra polifacética. La diversidad de caras suele pensarse como orientaciones distintas y hasta asimilarse a una cierta dispersión del sentido. Recusa estas atribuciones la imagen del poliedro, que le es directa y certeramente asociada. Hay entonces, una entidad que justifica y explica las múltiples caras, a la vez que las requiere para su existencia.

"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...

Esta publicación es fruto de los Programas de Cooperación que realiza la Junta de Andalucía en los países donde la presencia de España y Andalucía ha sido de gran importancia, en un intento por difundir y dar a conocer el patrimonio urbanístico y arquitectónico de esta población.