La arquitectura en el otoño del Renacimiento

The book is the resulting papers from the Seminars of Latin American Architecture (SAL) organized by CEDODAL as an example of academic cooperation between Latin American architects who share their concern for the conservation of the region's architectural patrimony. This edition comprises case studies and historical, economic, social and architectural analysis of the farms and landowners of the haciendas and estancias from 7 countries of Latin America: Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, México, Perú and Puerto Rico.

A compilation of texts by Professor Julio Arroyo previously presented in different academic meetings make up the present edition centered in public spaces in contemporary cities and the architecture that is concomitant, taking as a study reference the city of Santa Fe. Public spaces are a crucial category of urban life. However, in contemporary cities inconsistencies and contradictions prevail against the ethical postulates that define them -social cohesion, democratic inclusion, free expression, symbolic representation of citizen values- and the phenomena of what is public, dissociated in...

One of two most anticipated rooms of a house (the other is the master bathroom) is the kitchen. It's the interior space where most value can be added during a sale and the space that most homeowners wish to make the heart of the home. This book features over 100 contemporary kitchen designs to suit all sizes, shapes, and ages of house.

Este libro trata de una ciudad concreta –Leganés-, pero habla de un conjunto general de problemas acerca de nuestras instituciones políticas. Su argumento es, por tanto, ilustrativo. En un campo como el de los estudios políticos, saturado de referentes universales y de abstracciones sin sujeto, la aproximación etnográfica que caracteriza a esta investigación trata de ofrecer una reflexión encarnada en agentes y procesos concretos. La intención global del estudio es ofrecer un esquema de las relaciones paradójicas entre el campo de la política especializada y el campo de las...