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"CEDODAL in collaboration with the Estrada family organized an exhibition and the present accompanying book that examines the life and professional career of Argentinean architect Estrada. The book gathers various authors who review in their texts the influence German architect Hermann Jansen had over the young Estrada, his integration to the National Forests project (1934) and his legacy in the planning of urban centers, infrastructure works and tourism and hotel architecture particularly in the Patagonian region. Estrada's culmination was the Civic Center of Bariloche, (today historic and...

La práctica docente en el Taller de Historiografía de la Maestría en Historia y Crítica de la Arquitectura, el Diseño y el Urbanismo, así como la reflexión sobre sus contenidos mismos, nos han inducido a revisar el proceso de abordaje de la historiografía. La producción teórica y critica -desde la Academia a las diásporas modernas- es la que ha modelado, en gran medida, nuestra manera de acceder al conocimiento arquitectónico y urbano y, aun cuando atravesamos los coletazos de su disolución, por nuestro ADN circula la matriz de pensamiento que esa formación disciplinar fijó en...

This series was the winner of the American Institute of Architects' prestigious "Award for Excellence in International Book Publishing". Each volume in this series is introduced with an essay on the architect, and a chronological or stylistic presentation of their most outstanding buildings and projects. No other series provides such a complete and concise summary of the world's leading architects' works. The volumes are fully illustrated in black-and-white with photos and project renderings.

Mallol is an architectural design center that functions under the lead of its director and promoter, Panamanian architect Ignacio Mallol Tamayo. This edition examines 25 year of professional operations of the largest architectural firm in Central America and illustrates, with more than 270 color images, representative examples of Latin American 21st century architecture, highlighting the firm's most representative buildings: Le Cube Mallol, one of the early designs (where Mallol plays with forms, space and symetry), a clear example of the type of large constructions that would later...