Embarcación Amereida y la épica de fundar el mar patagónico

Este libro es una defensa del espíritu clásico, entendido éste como la búsqueda de las soluciones más perfectas e íntegras. Su objetivo es razonar cuáles son los fines de la arquitectura, qué conocimientos la constituyen, qué criterios la rigen, cuáles serían las mejores soluciones para los diferentes tipos edificatorios actuales y, en última instancia, para el objeto fundamental del esfuerzo de los arquitectos, que es la ciudad. El primer paso para devolver a la arquitectura su dignidad lo tendremos que dar los arquitectos: hemos de hacer valer nuestros conocimientos, la propia...

"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...

A study of each phase of the prolific trajectory of architect Pani (b. Mexico). A strong follower of Le Corbusier principles and whose modernist and grand scale urban and construction designs allowed him to construct in Mexico the first international hotel, the first multi family housing complex, the first condominium and the first satellite city. His architectural legacy includes more than 130 projects covering all types of buildings: housing, schools, hospitals, airports, commercial, office and urban, designs. All photographs (black and white 8x10 plaques ) in this catalogue were shot by...

Features a selection examining houses that have broken away from the past and that define today's innovation and tomorrow's classicism. The book does not aim to convert these houses into prototypes to follow; they are included because they reflect the peculiarities of their era, sites and owners.