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An analysis of the subject of the identity that has characterized historically the cultural and urban-architectonic development of the towns of Latin America, the Caribbean and Mexico.

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.

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...

David Bestué recupera en este libro un formato totalmente desacreditado en la actualidad, el de las “Historias Nacionales de Arquitectura”. Su texto imita el tono didáctico de esta literatura, con sus etapas bien definidas y su desarrollo lineal. Sin embargo, usa este lenguaje de forma irónica al subvertir los lugares comunes de la historiografía, creando un recorrido poco ortodoxo, recuperando ideas olvidadas y revisando algunos tópicos que se repiten incansablemente en los manuales. Es un trabajo que busca entender cómo se ha dibujado el paisaje que nos rodea. Una lectura fresca y ...