Teoría del proyecto

A set of essays on the modern architecture in the city of Bogota. The articles are the result of the concerns of the authors around the utility of the buildings that make up the history of modern architecture in the country for the understanding of the problems of the contemporary city. The raised arguments include project dimensions, which includes urban, landscape, building and technique.ʺ--Back cover (translated by Karno Books).

Private Tuscany takes a look into the homes of Italy's most romantic region, revealing their characteristic architecture and the rich variety of their interior styles.

¿Qué sabemos en realidad de nuestros antepasados? No de los gobernantes y los generales de élite, sino de los obreros, los agricultores, los soldados y las familias que sentaron las bases de buena parte de nuestro legado. A través de un amplio despliegue visual, esta obra única pretende narrar la auténtica versión de los hechos a través de una aproximación diferente a la vida cotidiana de esta época tan mitificada de la historia: el antiguo Egipto. Sin restar mérito a la grandiosidad de las pirámides y la suntuosidad de las joyas, se trata de comprender tanto lo normal y corriente ...

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...

The English edition of In Detail: Interior Spaces has sold over 5000 copies since it was released in 2002. This highly successful volume, looking at materials, lighting, colours and the technical aspects of interior design, is now also available in Romanic language editions.