Historia de la forma urbana

"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.

Arquitectura latinoamericana contemporanea examina la produccion arquitectonica latinoamericana a partir de la decada de 1980. Ofrece los datos necesarios para entender el debate intelectual que ha existido en el medio profesional y academico; para reconocer a algunos de los arquitectos mas importantes, sus ideas y sus obras; y, finalmente, para comprender la complejidad de la cultura latinoamericana en el contexto mundial.

"This study goes beyond a formal description and esthetic analysis of house design in Mexico to offer an interpretation based on the complex network of economic, social, and cultural relations. Begins with an analysis of the indigenous home and lifestyle and continues into postrevolutionary, modern, and contemporary periods of historic transition, during which a new conception of urban space developed offering greater possibilities for individual expression. Contains many b/w plates of colonial city plans, 19th-century plans and photographs, and 20th-century photographs up to the...

Mantova (Mantua), capital de Matilde di Canossa y de la familia Gonzaga, es una isla encantada rodeada por tres lagos formados por el Mincio. La impresionante escenografía de la época de los Gonzaga, los maravillosos frescos de los Mantegna, las fabulosas invenciones de Giulio Romano en el Palacio del Té, las iglesias, las casas patricias cuentan la historia. A pocos kilómetros de Mantua, podemos admirar el hermoso santuario de la Beata Vergine alle Grazie, la abadía benedictina de Polirone en San Benedetto Po, las pequeñas parroquias del pueblo y los antiguos tribunales. En la fértil...