Arquitectura y ciudad en España de 1845 a 1898

1st number of the series printed 10 years ago of an anthology of selected articles written in 1997 and 1998 by members of the Master's degree academic staff. The texts are research works on the different aspects related with the conservation of the cultural heritage, particularly with the urban architectural patrimony.

Colombian architect Rogelio Salmona has translated pragmatic and poetic concepts and intentions into physical form. These result from the architect's deep communion with and understanding of the materials and processes, as well as of the historic-cultural context in which his architectural intervention takes place. Salmona's oeuvre, including such notable examples as the Torres del Parque (1967) in Bogota, the Presidential House for Illustrious Guests (1981) in Cartagena, the Quimbaya Museum (1983) in Armenia and the National Archive of the Nation (1992) in Bogota, is without doubt one of the ...

Louis I. Kahn mantuvo unas charlas con los estudiantes de la Rice School of Architecture en la primavera de 1968. Un ano mas tarde, estas conversaciones se reunieron en un libro que, por primera vez, se presenta al lector de lengua castellana. El texto "Luz blanca, sombra negra" introduce su pensamiento y la conversacion con los estudiantes, "El diseno conduce a una forma de presencia," lo confronta.

The book Did Someone Say Participate? has been published by the MIT Press in the year 2006. dpr-barcelona going on with it's philosophy to share interesting contents with our readers and having noticed that this amazing book talks about the most actual and contemporary topics (as it is participation and social projects with personal involvement, looking for a chance to make radical change in today’s cities) has decided to translate and distribute the book all over the world, especially in Latin America and Spain, to bring all Spanish-speakers the chance to get to know all the great projects ...