1930-1950: arquitectura moderna en Buenos Aires

No es sencillo interpretar las profundas alteraciones sufridas en la Arquitectura en las últimas décadas y experimentadas anteriormente en el Arte. Este libro explica el origen y desarrollo de nuevas formas y espacios surgidos en estas disciplinas desde la influencia de la Ciencia y la Geometría. Por un lado, se describe la superación conceptual del espacio tradicional (euclídeo tridimensional) por el hiperespacio y el espacio-tiempo de la Relatividad. Por otra parte, se explica la génesis y desarrollo de formas inéditas, modelizadas en las "nuevas" geometrías no euclídeas, aunque...

An anthology of articles and essays on Nicaraguan art, architecture and music, by one of the nation's most noted 20th century poets and authors (1912-2002).

Hospitals and health centers are a unique category of architecture with clearly defined characteristics. Health architecture must offer imaginative, constructive responses and flexible solutions to the problems raised by this special and flexible solutions to the problems raised by this special type of facility: planning, budgets and space as well as the idiosyncrasies arising from each particular field of health. New Health Facilities presents the best examples of health architecture constructed in recent years and each of the architects demonstrates a solid understanding of the need to...

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 ...