Introducción a la arquitectura contemporánea

This number of the monographic series is dedicated to restoration specialist, architect and watercolor painter Villa Chávez (b. Mexico). This extensive study of Villa Chávez life and architecture is divided in 2 parts: the first reviews his academic career and his professional practice in Guadalajara and Colima. A second part reviews in detail his restoration projects, his architecture, his open space interventions and his pictorial production (watercolors and drawings). Amongst other academic contributions Villa Chávez founded the School of Architecture in the University of Colima and was ...

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...

Este libro trata sobre claves que determinan los escenarios espaciales del encuentro de las fuerzas entre la arquitectura y el agua, siguiendo el curso del compromiso que obliga a entremezclarse a ambas en el acuerdo que actúa como fundamento, donde el análisis de las estrategias se antecede a fin de establecer las mejores condiciones para el desarrollo de los procesos de la planificación de la ciudad.

Diego López Bueno, vivió y trabajó en Sevilla durante toda su vida. Artista formado en el circulo de Gerónimo Hernández, compaginó su labor como ensamblador y escultor con la de arquitecto tracista de retablos y edificios religiosos y civiles, ocupando las maestrías mayores del Arzobispado y de los Reales alcázares durante el primer tercio del siglo XVII.