Detalles constructivos de la arquitectura doméstica contemporánea

Este trabajo se considera como una aproximación y no como una introducción, lo que significa que sólo nos acerca a esta disciplina. Es decir, nos interesará conocerla en su unicidad, en su entorno e interfase, en sus modos genéricos, sus categorías y, en su rol en el conjunto de las ciencias. Se convierte así en una pretensión en alto grado operativa: la de señalar a los arquitectos y a los gestores urbanos la presencia, insoslayable, de un cuerpo de conocimientos racional, ordenado y sistemático que se ocupa de la destinataria de nuestro hacer, la sociedad. De su ser y sus...

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).

A comprehensive study on the evolution of 17th century architecture and architectonical elements in churches, civil buildings and houses in viceregal Lima, including the wooden structures using mudejar techniques. This architectural style resulted from the synergy process between indigenous and foreign construction techniques that merge to create a unique and local architecture. This is the third of a 4 volume series.

Life and work of polemic architect and urbanist Meyer (b. Switzerland), one of the most important functionalists of the 1920's. The former director of the Bauhaus, he worked for the Post-Revolutionary Regimes in Mexico as the director of the Instituto del Urbanismo y Planification from 1942 through 1949, while also becoming the editor of the collective graphic workshop Taller de Grafica Popular (TGP) from 1947 to 1949. Many plates of his architectural designs and the structural diagrams Meyer used for the Bauhaus and in IUP in Mexico.