Bogotá León de oro (1990-2006)

La obra de Borsi sobre Bernini es un clásico de la historiografía sobre la arquitectura barroca en Italia. La lectura de su arquitectura la realiza desde el supuesto berniniano de la unidad de las artes visuales, concepto atravesado por el teatro como cualidad de sus propuestas. Su arquitectura del exceso, como forma de hacer elocuente el poder de la Roma Triunfante de los Papas, es interpretada desde categorías históricas como la maravilla, la centralidad o la crítica a las reglas del clasicismo

Francisco de la Maza nos lleva por un recorrido en el M xico del siglo XVII: la ciudad y sus habitantes, las inundaciones, la Universidad, los conventos, parroquias y hospitales, pasan revista en este libro que, dentro de su concisi n, ofrece el ameno retrato de un siglo.

"Architecture & Design Australia" is a new survey of Australian Architecture that takes an expansive look at over 50 builings, from private dwellings to public monuments, and includes many award-winning projects that have helped shape the energetic state of Australian design today. It is fair to say that the diversity of the Australian continent shapes the complexity of its architecture, and it is these ingredients that continue to set the scene for the country's exciting architectural language. An index with contact information of the featured architects and designers is enclosed.

The book examines the long, productive and stormy relationship architect Le Corbusier had with Argentina and the series of events in consequence. His Argentinean disciples Jorge Ferrari Hardoy, Juan Kurchan and Antonio Bonet, although influenced by the master architect had their own architectonic and urban ideas. The book examines the "Austral Net" created towards the productive, plural and complex relationship of these 4 personages where the central figure is the famed Swiss architect. The book is chronologically organized and includes a selection of the most important architecture...