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The book analyses a selection of 10 houses and 14 buildings constructed in Costa Rica from 2000 to 2005 and that represent the current urban San Jose's growth trends. The domestic architecture reflects a higher purchasing power with an appreciation oh natural surroundings, the office and industrial buildings are aimed some at rescuing the historic downtown area while others were constructed in the suburban area of the city. Includes biographies of mentioned architects.

Mujeres, Casas y Ciudades propone una reescritura de la historia de la arquitectura y el urbanismo a partir de las aportaciones realizadas por mujeres que han sido silenciadas en las historias generales. El libro se enfoca en el entorno habitado, desde el diseño a la política, de la arquitectura al urbanismo; todo ello sintetizado en la casa y la ciudad, como representación de lo privado y lo público. La casa como metáfora de la arquitectura, la ciudad como síntesis de las acciones humanas. Además, hacerlo desde una postura feminista implica necesariamente la deconstrucción de la...

200 colour photos and plans ”One of a series of authoritative pocket guides introduced only last fall, the Paris and : guide provides tourists and professionals alike with an overview of new and notable architecture and interior design in "the city of light." More than sixty buildings-governmental and residential, commercial and religious-by renowned architects such as Mario Botta, Jean Nouvel, Renzo Piano, Tadao Ando and I. M. Pei to name a few, are profiled and accompanied by color photographs. Easy to use and attractively designed with flexi covers, these CD-sized gems will be a...

"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...