La gran máquina

Architectural guide to the city of Guadalajara, with a selection of close to 300 buildings representative of all time periods. The guide is divided in 3 sections: the first, the largest and medullar part of the book is the presentation of the buildings; a second section is an inventory of buildings important in the history of the city but now disappeared, and a third section includes location maps with recommended itineraries and routes. Each entry includes the name, date and brief history of the building and the name of the architect.

SUBIR Y BAJAR ESCALERAS La arquitectura es como subir y bajar escaleras. ¿Habéis subido alguna vez las escaleras de dos en dos escalones? Seguro que sí. También yo sigo subiendo, incluso las escaleras mecánicas del Metro, de dos en dos. ¿Habéis bajado alguna vez las escaleras de dos en dos? Seguro que no. Más que imposible es muy, muy peligroso. Nunca se me ha ocurrido hacerlo, ni en broma. Pues en arquitectura es lo mismo. Se pueden subir las escaleras de dos en dos escalones. Se puede estudiar con intensidad y aprender en menos tiempo muchas cosas. Trabajando y estudiando muy mucho...

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.

Organized chronologically, the aerial photographs that make up this extraordinary collection chart the development of the capital of Colombia over a period of 50 years, from 1935 to 1985. The explosive growth of the city, both formally and informally, transformed it from a provincial town of only 300,000 to the hypnotic megacity it became by the end of the century, when its population had reached seven million. With a focus on the urban and architectural transformations, this collection of photos serves as visual testimony that progress can come with costs as well as benefits. Organizadas...