La vivienda social

A detailed study and documentation of one of the most noted architects in Chile from the 1920s to the 1970s. The study puts his work into context of the social environment of Chile during those years. The architecture of Munizaga encompassed residential, commericial and public buildings that included theaters and multi-family dwellings.

London is famous for Big Ben; Paris for the Eiffel Tower; Rome for the Colosseum. Barcelona, on the other hand, is not identified by one or two famous buildings as these other European cities, but rather by an entire movement of turn-of-the-century architecture known simply as Modernisme. Familiar to Americans as art nouveau, its most famous practitioner was the artist and architect Antoni Gaudi. But the city is filled with superb examples of art nouveau in vivid color in Barcelona Art Nouveau. This book offers a tour of 46 houses, public buildings, and monuments in the art-nouveau style,...

Un recorrido sencillo y ameno a través de 100 jardines ingleses representativos e influyentes desde el siglo xvi hasta la actualidad. Abarca la historia completa de los jardines ingleses, desde los más formales del Renacimiento y los bucólicos lugares de la tradición paisajística inglesa hasta las borduras herbáceas estilo Arts & Crafts del siglo xx y los diseños contemporáneos. Incluye jardines históricos y auténticos símbolos nacionales, como los del palacio de Hampton Court y el palacio Blenheim de Capability Brown, así como ejemplos influyentes y menos conocidos, como los de...

Inventory of architectural patrimony and popular culture in the state of Veracruz, Mexico. The first part is devoted to architecture and monuments from Pre-Columbian , colonial, 19th and 20th century, with emphasis on Pre-Columbian cultures. Includes mural art and some information on archival holdings. The second half is devoted to folkart, crafts, local culinary history, folklore, fiestas at the village, town, city and state levels.