Enciclopedia de arquitectura Plazola

Llus Domnech i Montaner is the author of such extraordinary buildings as the Palau de la Msica, the museum of zoology and the hospital of Sant Pau. This publication gathers a collection of articles that treat the same works and present-day photographic material.

Excerpt from Boletín de la Sociedad Española de Excursiones, Vol. 1: Marzo 1893 Á Febrero 1894 Art. 2.° Los Sócios podrán formar parte de una 6 de más Secciones, sin que para ello tengan que llevar á cabo inscripción especial. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. ...

The book is an historic and graphical account of the patios of "vecindad" (neighbourhood) in the port city of Veracruz, in a period that goes from the end of the 19th century to the beginning of the 21st century. The foreword of this edition, states that the first record of a patio of a "vecindad" dates back to 1791, highlighting that those patios have seen the early years of musician and singer "Toña la Negra" and were the place of origin of the famous "picadas" from Veracruz, one of the most popular snacks of the jarocha traditional cuisine.

La obra plantea un recorrido por la arquitectura y el urbanismo europeos de la Edad Moderna, desde la consideración del espacio y la estructura arquitectónica como partes de un lenguaje arquitectónico vinculado al Clasicismo, que se articula a través de los órdenes clásicos, sus normas y sus proporciones, generando a su vez unos espacios arquitectónicos y urbanos vinculados a los usos culturales, ideológicos y políticos del momento. Desde este planteamiento, la obra aborda temas como el estudio del lenguaje de los órdenes arquitectónicos y los debates teóricos surgidos en torno a...