El libro de los ingenios: colección de vistas de los principales ingenios de la isla de Cuba

Brief overview of ObregÑn's (b. Mexico) work as one of the most influencial Mexican born architects of the 20th century.

A selection of the most prominent works of architecture selected by El Croquis with an introduction by Juan Antonio Cortés and an essay by William Curtis. Among the works are the Sendai Mediatheque by Toyo Ito, the Yokohama International Port Terminal by Foreign Office Architects, the Netherlands Embassy in Berlin by OMA-Rem Koolhaas, the Braga Municipal Stadium by Eduardo Souto de Moura, the Prada Aoyama Epicenter by Herzog & De Meuron, the Scottish Parliament building by EMBT, the Monastery of Our Lady of Novy Dvur by John Pawson, the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art expansion by Steven Holl,...

Invita a reflexionar sobre el paisaje como expresión social de cierto orden territorial y de las relaciones intrínsecas que lo sustentan. En esa dinámica, emerge un nuevo estatus de lugar mediante marcas simbólicas que remiten a percepciones sensoriales, a representaciones colectivas, a construcciones subjetivas. Este tipo de intervenciones, realizadas como caracterizaciones, delimitaciones y diferenciaciones de lugares y de actores, permite reconocer discursos de segregación, de pugnas, de desigualdades. Para ahondar sobre estas cuestiones, toma como caso de estudio el área de borde...

Architectural guide to the city of Guadalajara, with a selection of close to 300 buildings representative of all time periods. The guide is divided in 3 sections: the first, the largest and medullar part of the book is the presentation of the buildings; a second section is an inventory of buildings important in the history of the city but now disappeared, and a third section includes location maps with recommended itineraries and routes. Each entry includes the name, date and brief history of the building and the name of the architect.