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The innovative architectural styles that have emerged from the various climates of Colombian landscape are presented in these insightful essays and spectacular photographs. More than three hundred locations in Colombia fill the three sections divided up by climate zones: hot weather, warm weather, and cold weather. As the creativity of traditional and emerging Colombian architects is revealed, so to is the stunning landscape of a country whose varying climate and indigenous materials—such as guadua, a local bamboo—have influenced Colombian architectural form and content. Las novedosas...

The present edition publishes part of the research papers presented during the "Seminario de Investigación Arquitectura para la Producción" organized by the university of Michoacán between 2001 and 2002 that included the participation of national and international academics. The book gathers 23 collective and individual multidisciplinary works that examine from various perspectives the history of architecture in rural areas. Works are mainly focused in the colonial territory of the ex-bishopry of Michoacán divided in 4 main topics: Space, settlements, technology and environment and...

This series is the best reference available for information on today's leading architects, and presents their work in an affordable and thoroughly illustrated format. Each book begins with an overview of the architect's style and accomplishments written by a leading architecture critic. Then, approximately twenty noteworthy works and projects are discussed by the architect and presented in detail with site plans, drawings, and black-and-white photographs.

Treinta hombres que hicieron Madrid es un homenaje a aquellos que han hecho de Madrid la ciudad que es hoy. Arquitectos, alcaldes, escritores y constructores, hasta santos y reyes, que contribuyeron con su esfuerzo e imaginación al crecimiento y embellecimiento de la ciudad. Encontramos reye como Carlos III, aquel monarca empeñado en limpiar la cara de una capital que no lo parecía; famosos arquitectos como Antonio Palacios o Secundino Zuazo, que diseñaron los edificios más destacados del siglo XX; constructores como el marqués de Salamanca, que se arruinó construyendo el lujoso barrio ...

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