Guillermo de Alba

Treinta hombres que hicieron Madrid es un homenaje a aquellos que han hecho de Madrid la ciudad que es hoy. Arquitectos, alcaldes, escritores y constructores, hasta santos y reyes, que contribuyeron con su esfuerzo e imaginación al crecimiento y embellecimiento de la ciudad. Encontramos reye como Carlos III, aquel monarca empeñado en limpiar la cara de una capital que no lo parecía; famosos arquitectos como Antonio Palacios o Secundino Zuazo, que diseñaron los edificios más destacados del siglo XX; constructores como el marqués de Salamanca, que se arruinó construyendo el lujoso barrio ...

"CEDODAL in collaboration with the Estrada family organized an exhibition and the present accompanying book that examines the life and professional career of Argentinean architect Estrada. The book gathers various authors who review in their texts the influence German architect Hermann Jansen had over the young Estrada, his integration to the National Forests project (1934) and his legacy in the planning of urban centers, infrastructure works and tourism and hotel architecture particularly in the Patagonian region. Estrada's culmination was the Civic Center of Bariloche, (today historic and...

Reúne ensayos acerca de la problemática del crecimiento urbano, especialmente en América Latina. Explica el problema a la luz de una concepción que efectivamente vincule la dinámica de la población con el desarrollo económico y correlacione la estructura de las ciudades con las contradicciones de las clases sociales y las formas de dominación.

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. ...