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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.

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.

"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...

La patria es amplia y extensa, más allá de la centralizadora Buenos Aires. La naturaleza presente en sus paisajes. Naturaleza que hace a sus habitantes cultivadores de la misma. Cultivadores de la naturaleza humana. Cosechando los valores para construir el bien común y compartir el amor al trabajo. Habitar la naturaleza es la creatividad en sintonía con la pródiga Creación regalada. Conozco a Rodolfo Frolik desde su época de estudiante en Buenos Aires y Él es un ejemplo de patriota, que sin encandilarse, apostó a los mejores valores y volvió a su Tandil natal para cultivar a través ...