La construcción social del paisaje

Los discursos teóricos de José Villagrán García, Luis Barragán, Pedro Ramírez Vázquez, Juan O’Gorman e Ignacio Díaz Morales son el cimiento a través del cual la autora asienta su búsqueda de los elementos que llevaron a la construcción de un país modernizado, lleno tanto de contradicciones, rivalidades y antagonismos como de acuerdos y reconocimientos. Más allá todavía, y desde una lectura estructuralista de la cultura, en donde un contexto y una sociedad específicos se interrelacionan con la producción y la toma de posturas de los diversos actores, Yolanda Bojórquez parte ...

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 ...

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 ...

La presente obra ofrece al lector un conocimiento más profundo y detallado de los acontecimientos y tendencias más relevantes de la arquitectura moderna entre 1922 y 1945 en los Países Bajos. Nace con el objetivo de ser un trabajo de referencia en español, dada la ausencia prácticamente total de bibliografía en nuestro idioma sobre el tema.