Viviendas unifamiliares

Este livro reúne cinco projectos de arquitectura de habitação do arquitecto Ricardo Vieira de Melo. As fotografias de exterior e interior apresentam detalhes excepcionais. Prefácio de João Rapagão.

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 ...

La cultura gastronómica de un grupo humano es uno de los medios más importantes para expresar su identidad y materializar su interpretación del cosmos que lo rodea. Lo comestible, aquello que pasa por una cocina y después llega al plato, se encuentra dotado de conocimientos y cultura desde el primer momento de su producción en el campo de cultivo y al pasar después por complejos métodos de selección que lo transforman históricamente en sujeto cultural. Al alimentarse y comer, el ser humano se caracteriza por ser un auténtico devorador de símbolos y significados. En los siglos que...

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.