Del olvido a la memoria narra cómo se recuperó una obra del pintor colombiano Luis Caballero, ejecutada a finales de los años sesenta sobre un muro de una vieja edificación en la Universidad de los Andes, cuando el artista fue docente en su antigua Escuela de Bellas Artes. Por razones desconocidas, este mural fue cubierto hace muchos años y sobre la primera capa que lo ocultó se fueron su…
Existe una fotografía de James Stirling junto a quien durante algunos años fue su socio James Gowan. Aparecen ambos alegres durante la obra de la facultad de ingeniería de Leicester. El fondo llamativo del retrato no es un estado de la obra, ni un lugar específico de la misma, sino que la panorámica tomada desde lo alto, visibiliza a conciencia el buen momento de los protagonistas. Mientra…
What caused the fall of the Roman Empire? The first reply that occurs to us is this: That the Romans were corrupt and enfeebled by corruption; the Barbarians, while rougher, were also stronger and less corrupt. When the latter had once crossed the Rhine and the Danube, their ultimate victory was assured; the Empire was bound to fall, new social conditions were bound to arise. But what had corru…
Esta obra se propone poner en contacto a sectores clave para el desarrollo de Políticas Intersectoriales: el Sector Académico y de C y T del país, Sectores de la Sociedad Civil: ONG y Organizaciones de Base, y Sectores del Estado representados por organismos políticos de Ciencia y Tecnología como así también por instituciones gubernamentales con incidencia directa sobre la comunidad como…
Este libro dedicado a los seguidores del diseño de interiores enumera las variables que se manejan en todo proceso creativo de una manera clara y definida, está explicado de manera sencilla, con ejemplos que simplifican la comprensión de cada tema abordado y hacen fácil su lectura. Se hace hincapié en la intencionalidad formal del espacio y se dan las nociones necesarias para el logro del …
Seven projects by RCR arquitectes, 2017 Pritzker Prize winner, which are seven folded posters inside a folder with a textbook. A container of images, architecture, and poetry that are the reflection of a presentation at the Centre Pompidou in Paris. There is no doubt that the buildings produced by RCR Arquitectes encourage experience: to cross, to land, to take the time, to observe, to feel. Ev…
A study of the thirty-five Carnegie libraries built in towns and industrial communities in Wales before the First World War. The library system is in a transformative phase that attracts much attention; these Carnegie buildings have never been fully recorded, and some are in critical condition. This book illustrates their social, cultural and architectural significance, and how they reflect Car…
In most communities, land use regulations are based on a limited model that allows for only one end result: the production of more and more suburbia, composed of endless subdivisions and shopping centers, that ultimately covers every bit of countryside with "improvements." Fortunately, sensible alternatives to this approach do exist, and methods of developing land while at the same time conserv…
The headlines about cities celebrating their resurgence—with empty nesters and Millennials alike investing in our urban areas, moving away from car dependence, and demanding walkable, transit-oriented neighborhoods. But, in reality, these changes are taking place in a scattered and piecemeal fashion. While areas of a handful of cities are booming, most US metros continue to follow old pattern…
A National Bestseller The legacies of theaters, hotels, fire stations, flour mills, and more — torn down, burned down, and otherwise lost — are uncovered in this bittersweet collection. Using archival photographs, blueprints, and written reports, Raymond Biesinger has rendered a selection of Canada's most iconic lost buildings in his signature minimalist style. Accompanying Biesinger's …