Vientos de libertad

After the exile of Porfirio Díaz and the election of Francisco I. Madero as president of Mexico, Victoriano Huerta leads a coup d'etat that culminated in the assassination of Madero and Pino Suarez. The usurpation of the presidency at the hands of Huerta causes several revolutionary leaders such as Francisco Villa and Venustiano Carranza, to take up arms again.

"Architecture & Design Australia" is a new survey of Australian Architecture that takes an expansive look at over 50 builings, from private dwellings to public monuments, and includes many award-winning projects that have helped shape the energetic state of Australian design today. It is fair to say that the diversity of the Australian continent shapes the complexity of its architecture, and it is these ingredients that continue to set the scene for the country's exciting architectural language. An index with contact information of the featured architects and designers is enclosed.

"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...

En marzo de 2012, se formalizó una alianza entre Cavis-UT y la Universidad de los Andes para diseñar y llevar a cabo el Programa Profesionales -Estructuración de proyectos de Vivienda de Interés Social Municipal-. La experiencia fue una oportunidad para reunir en un ambiente académico a 47 profesionales vinculados a 35 Cajas de Compensación y a la Unión Temporal con un grupo de profesores e investigadores a fin de intercambiar saberes y experiencias. Este libro reúne la propuesta académica e institucional del programa, así como los resultados de la metodología desarrollada en el...

En esta obra Andrés Fernández indaga gracias a la arquitectura del San José de antaño en su historia social. Persigue hacer humana esa historia local, historia que por tal, está tan cerca del arte de narrar: se trata de volver a contar, lo que cuentan los muros de la ciudad. "Los muros cuentan. Crónicas de arquitectura histórica josefina" desmenuza la "biografía” de 19 edificios capitalinos, algunos de ellos muy conocidos, mientras otros solo existen hoy en fotografías.