Carlos Obregón Santacilia

Architectural study on the religious buildings of collective character built by the Jewish community of Buenos Aires in the 19t and 20th centuries and where the synagogues are the best examples. Their choices of architectural styles or languages responded to the historic moment when these buildings were constructed and respond to the preferences of each group according to their origin or its constructors or architects. The study analyses their morphology, mostly monumental, outside the city limits, and loaded inside and outside with ornaments and visible symbols of Judaism.

Contribución a la reflexión crítica sobre el futuro de nuestras ciudades, en particular, la Ciudad de México, a partir de sus centros y barrios históricos. El contexto son las recientes transformaciones urbanas realizadas bajo una lógica que privilegia el lucro.

Enfatizando los aspectos creativos de la arquitectura, este libro le proporciona un curso básico de diseño arquitectónico. Le introduce en el lenguaje visual de la arquitectura, le anima a pensar en términos espaciales y le ayuda a cuestionar el entorno edificado. Además, se le explica paso a paso todo el proceso de diseño. Incluye ejercicios prácticos que le ayudarán a ejercitar sus nuevas habilidades. Encontrará información acerca de las técnicas y materiales de construcción que tienen repercusión en el diseño. Le ofrece consejos profesionales que le ayudarán a dar los...

This number of the monographic series is dedicated to restoration specialist, architect and watercolor painter Villa Chávez (b. Mexico). This extensive study of Villa Chávez life and architecture is divided in 2 parts: the first reviews his academic career and his professional practice in Guadalajara and Colima. A second part reviews in detail his restoration projects, his architecture, his open space interventions and his pictorial production (watercolors and drawings). Amongst other academic contributions Villa Chávez founded the School of Architecture in the University of Colima and was ...