Muerte y vida de las grandes ciudades

The book is an historic and graphical account of the patios of "vecindad" (neighbourhood) in the port city of Veracruz, in a period that goes from the end of the 19th century to the beginning of the 21st century. The foreword of this edition, states that the first record of a patio of a "vecindad" dates back to 1791, highlighting that those patios have seen the early years of musician and singer "Toña la Negra" and were the place of origin of the famous "picadas" from Veracruz, one of the most popular snacks of the jarocha traditional cuisine.

In this work, which is based on heritage architecture and cultural studies, the relationship between communities and habitat is studied to understand their way of conceiving and inhabiting the urban territory. The author participation in the Plan Especial de Manejo y Protección (PEMP) of the set of architectural assets of Republican architecture of Quibdó led her to question the handling of historical centers containing declared architectural assets in the country. The stories made invisible or denied by hegemonic heritage perspectives "were the route charted within the framework of the PhD ...

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...

El interés por los espacios mínimos surge a partir de la experiencia personal de la autora en una vivienda de pequeñas dimensiones. Estos no deben ser espacios que se escojan por obligación, sino como experiencia voluntaria, al igual que el propio Le Corbusier elige su estancia mínima como lugar para pasar las vacaciones en Roquebrune-Cap-Martin. Se pretende poner en evidencia la influencia que tuvo Le Cabanon en la arquitectura y en la evolución de los espacios mínimos habitables, haciéndolos funcionar como una máquina en conjunto con los muebles que lo integran. Para ello se...