Lugares urbanos y estrategias

"Study of the work of architect Enrique Triana (b. Colombia) who began his work in the 1955. Triana has created some of the most noted buildings in Bogotá that include: Edificio Gibson and the Art Museum of the Banco de la República"--Provided by vendor.

A study of Bogota viewed as a museum (outside of the traditional museum). This work offers a critical look at modern city through a series of tours through downtown Bogotá, specifically on Seventh Avenue between Calles 11 and 16 that was transformed from Bogotazo through an urban renewal project. It turned the area into a paradigm of what should be a modern Bogotá. The book discusses the aesthetic character of its architecture, the connections between traditional museums, and reaffirmed the principles of order and functionality of the modern movement and led to rules that have sought...

El presente volumen compila una decena de trabajos que fueron presentados como ponencias en varias mesas temáticas que coordinamos en el marco de las Jornadas Interescuelas-Departamentos de Historia entre los años 2005 y 2015. En el espíritu de aquellas reuniones ya estaba presente el enfoque interdisciplinario a partir del diálogo entre historiadores y arquitectos que ya prefiguraba nuestro previo diálogo como co-coordinadores. Nos propusimos abordar entonces en aquellos encuentros y hoy en esta compilación una amplia gama de transiciones y transacciones, reflexiones y discusiones,...

The book is an historic and graphical account of the patios of "vecindad" (neighbourhood) in the port city of Veracruz, in a period that goes from the end of the 19th century to the beginning of the 21st century. The foreword of this edition, states that the first record of a patio of a "vecindad" dates back to 1791, highlighting that those patios have seen the early years of musician and singer "Toña la Negra" and were the place of origin of the famous "picadas" from Veracruz, one of the most popular snacks of the jarocha traditional cuisine.