Gonzalo Villa Chávez

Hospitals and health centers are a unique category of architecture with clearly defined characteristics. Health architecture must offer imaginative, constructive responses and flexible solutions to the problems raised by this special and flexible solutions to the problems raised by this special type of facility: planning, budgets and space as well as the idiosyncrasies arising from each particular field of health. New Health Facilities presents the best examples of health architecture constructed in recent years and each of the architects demonstrates a solid understanding of the need to...

Trabajo de investigación para optar por el título de arquitecto FAUA-UNI. Premio "Rafael Marquina Bueno", primer puesto en la X Bienal de Arquitectura 2002 del Colegio de Arquitectos del Perú.

This series was the winner of the American Institute of Architects' prestigious "Award for Excellence in International Book Publishing". Each volume in this series is introduced with an essay on the architect, and a chronological or stylistic presentation of their most outstanding buildings and projects. No other series provides such a complete and concise summary of the world's leading architects' works. The volumes are fully illustrated in black-and-white with photos and project renderings.

... El libro pone énfasis en la arquitectura civil, vale decir, la construcción de puentes, acueductos y edificios para el abastecimiento de agua. Se describen los materiales y técnicas de construcción que son indispensables para la realización de las obras arquitectónicas. Pero sobre todo se presenta la arquitectura urbana y privada de la ciudad de Puebla bajo aspectos técnicos, funcionales artístico/estéticos y sociales.