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The present edition publishes part of the research papers presented during the "Seminario de Investigación Arquitectura para la Producción" organized by the university of Michoacán between 2001 and 2002 that included the participation of national and international academics. The book gathers 23 collective and individual multidisciplinary works that examine from various perspectives the history of architecture in rural areas. Works are mainly focused in the colonial territory of the ex-bishopry of Michoacán divided in 4 main topics: Space, settlements, technology and environment and...

CONTENIDO: Introduccion.- Planificacion urbana y regional.- Diseno urbano.- Arquitectura.- Semblanzas de Mario Pani.

The innovative architectural styles that have emerged from the various climates of Colombian landscape are presented in these insightful essays and spectacular photographs. More than three hundred locations in Colombia fill the three sections divided up by climate zones: hot weather, warm weather, and cold weather. As the creativity of traditional and emerging Colombian architects is revealed, so to is the stunning landscape of a country whose varying climate and indigenous materials—such as guadua, a local bamboo—have influenced Colombian architectural form and content. Las novedosas...

El presente trabajo reúne los elementos necesarios para concretar la conformación de una nueva división territorial, como es el área metropolitana, para el conjunto de municipios que, bajo la influencia de la ciudad de Cali, están inmersos en el proceso de metropolización. En él, se ha realizado una contundente investigación, en la cual, de una parte, se corrobora la existencia del fenómeno de metropolización, y de otra, se aporta una hoja de ruta con posibles procedimientos a seguir para constituir el área metropolitana de sur del Valle y norte del Cauca. Para delimitar tanto la...