Estructuras no convencionales en arquitectura

"Cuando en 1537 Cosimo I llegó a Florencia desde el exilio, Italia era un complejo escenario que se disputaban España, Francia y el Papado. Muy pronto Cosimo se convirtió en vasallo de Carlos V y en una pieza clave para sus objetivos en suelo italiano; el emperador, a cambio, favoreció su ascenso político, económico y nobiliario. Esta circunstancia, sumada al matrimonio de Cosimo con Eleonora de Toledo -miembro de una de las familias más influyentes de la corte hispana-, lo llevó a rodearse de una gens nova, nacida a la sombra del nuevo Estado para reemplazar a las familias...

Located in Mexico City, Tatiana Bilbao Estudio is well known internationally for its use of traditional Mexican construction techniques, the highly sculptural effects of its buildings and its unusually collaborative approach toward each client. Founded by Tatiana Bilbao (born 1972) in 2004, its completed buildings include the Gratitude Open Chapel in La Ruta del Peregrino, Gabriel Orozco's house in Roca Blanca and the botanical garden in Culiacan. The enormous production of ideas and designs that takes place there is directed to different spaces, in which the architecture is deeply humanized. ...

"Architecture & Design Australia" is a new survey of Australian Architecture that takes an expansive look at over 50 builings, from private dwellings to public monuments, and includes many award-winning projects that have helped shape the energetic state of Australian design today. It is fair to say that the diversity of the Australian continent shapes the complexity of its architecture, and it is these ingredients that continue to set the scene for the country's exciting architectural language. An index with contact information of the featured architects and designers is enclosed.

A detailed study that examines the architecture of Fernando Martínez Sanabria (b. Spain, lived and worked in Colombia since 1938- d. 1991) throughout one of his most recognized buildings: the building of the Caja Agraria (1965) located in Barranquilla. The author examines this commercial project from its initial design process and proposes an analytical view of the building through its anatomical construction systems of light and semi-darkness developed by architect Martínez Sanabria.