El canon republicano y la distancia cinco mil (The republic canon at a distance of five thousand)

"Taking over the baton from their mentor and friend Eduardo Chillida, the architects Juan Carlos Sancho (San Sebastián, 1957) and Sol Madridejos (Madrid, 1958) have pursued a sensitive dialectic between matter and void that lies at the foundations of a fertile formal laboratory, one where the fold is an instrument with great potential in the attainment of structural, spatial, and material coherence. In these pages Arquitectura Viva presents a selection of four Spanish works – ranging from a small chapel to a large educational complex – in which the duo composes variations on the same...

Visiting an exhibition by Leonardo Nierman is penetrating a space that invites us to dream in infinities, to discover exteriors and interiors of cosmic worlds. The exhibition Genesis de un Sueno (Genesis of a Dream) mounted at the Contemporary University Museum of Art in Mexico City conveyed such sensations to visitors. Running from May through August of 1996, it featured three hundred of Nierman's works spanning forty years and was reinstalled by popular demand through January 1997. Its beauty and mystery are now captured in this elegant volume. Nierman: Genesis de un Sueno is a celebration...

En sintonía con los postulados desarrollistas sustentados en una renovada fe en el "progreso tecnológico", conceptos tales como la flexibilidad, transitoriedad, crecimiento continuo, ensamblaje, organización, estructuras constructivas, o bien la inclusión de modelos matemáticos, diagramáticos o de comunicación gráfica prometían abordar las transformaciones de la cultura urbana dando lugar además, a las participación de la sociedad en los derroteros de la formulación de las normativas y criterios para la vida en la ciudad. Las décadas entre la inmediata posguerra y los años...

Monographic edition dedicated to one of the most noted disciples of José Villagrán García and Ignacio Díaz Morales. Architec Nafarrate's works are characteristic for the use of natural illumination and ventilation and the strong importance he gives to the environment. Some of his most recognized works include: Residential complex "Los Parques", Hotel "Las Hadas", and the "Twin Dolphin" in Baja California.