El Palau de la Música Catalana

The author describes and discusses the influence Le Corbusier in Uruguay through a series of trips, the first done by the Swiss-French architect in 1929, and the remaining ones from the three Uruguayan architects who joined the workshop of the notable architect: Carlos Gómez Gavazzo, in 1933, Justino Serralta, in 1948, and Carlos Clémot, in 1949. The study also includes aspects of Antonio Bonet Castellana's trip, who was there in 1937 and in Uruguay from 1945 to 1948, and additionally analyzes what Eladio Dieste learned from his "Le Courvoisier partners" Serralta and Clémot as well as the...

Perspectives on how the city is Imagined in Latin America. Focussing on Latin America as an urban case study, an examination of urban imaginaries and the construct of our relationships with cities. Perspectives from anthropologists, sociologists, artists, and psychologists.

En el marco de la cultura contemporánea, la teoría y la práctica de la arquitectura no plantean hoy marcos estables ni sistemas generalizables. El carácter fragmentario es característico de los escritos de los arquitectos y también de las publicaciones teóricas, que adoptan el formato antológico. En este horizonte, la disciplina modifica la mirada sobre su propia condición e intenta explicaciones más complejas que den sentido y justifiquen un modo de hacer. Pero, además, en muchos casos se establecen aportes que provienen de otros campos del conocimiento, comprometiéndose cada vez ...

The shopping mall is one of the typologies most succesfully developed in the twentieth century. The work of the Mexican architural firm Grupo Arquitech has ventured into this fertile territory. Directed by Juan José Sánchez since 1987. In the space of a few years, Arquitech has designed the main malls in Mexico, perfecting a model that accurately define the limit. This is the first major documentation of their work.