Alejo Martínez. La experiencia moderna en la Argentina

La Habana, la capital de Cuba, tiene el características de cada etapa de la historia de la isla, de sus tradiciones autóctonas de la introducción de la cultura europea en el siglo XV con el desarrollo de la amalgama de estas influencias que es inconfundiblemente cubano. En este volumen, el autor presenta la arquitectura y la historia de La Habana - parte del cual ha sido declarada por la UNESCO Patrimonio de la Humanidad.

A collection of writings by Enrique Yañez to mark the twentieth anniversary of his death. The text presents an approach to life and observations of the architect, covering the fields of architecture, its social function, urbanism, society and culture.

"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...

Llus Domnech i Montaner is the author of such extraordinary buildings as the Palau de la Msica, the museum of zoology and the hospital of Sant Pau. This publication gathers a collection of articles that treat the same works and present-day photographic material.