Treinta hombres que hicieron Madrid (1750-1950)

Luxurious edition that reviews the history and architecture of the Mexican governmental building "Palacio Nacional" and the rich artistic and political patrimony it holds.

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.

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,...

El pasaje febril de las noches y los días de unos adolescentes fanáticos de Sumo que, persiguiendo incansablemente a sus ídolos por cuanta presentación se les ponga a tiro, reinventan un paisaje y trazan una línea imaginaria entre la Capital y el conurbano bonaerense. Al hacerlo, asoma una realidad diferente, ajena a nuestras urgencias cotidianas, suspendida en el significado renovado que le asignan a su peregrinaje. Y hay que decir que Sumo se presta muy bien a este ejercicio. He aquí una banda con un cantante italiano y letras en lengua inglesa que muchos han postulado como...