Louis I. Kahn

An examination of the architectural plans for the Danteum, the planned but unbuilt museum and library dedicated to Dante Alighieri, and how the design aimed to create effects of heaviness and lightness as an allegory of the Divine Comedy.

"Comprehensive study by a group of scholars explores the development, expansion, and economic impact of haciendas in the state of Morelos, especially those connected to the sugar industry. Illustrated with contemporary color photographs, 19th- and early-20th-century photographs, and maps. Also includes much archival data"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

Hoy concebimos y realizamos obras, en la mayoría de los casos, sin conocer a quienes serán sus habitantes. A su vez, debemos contemplar los intereses económicos del desarrollador, que gravitan fuertemente en la toma de decisiones proyectuales. Con estas consideraciones, nos sentamos a trabajar. Tenemos que distanciarnos de nuestros deseos y preferencias e imaginarnos al destinatario de la vivienda, para ofrecerle ideas materializadas ajustadas a pautas fundamentales de habitabilidad, acceso, aislación, orientación, ventilación natural, entre otras. Todas ellas orientadas hacia el...

Winner of the 2020 SAMLA Studies Book Award — Edited Collection Cities both near and far communicate in a variety of ways. Travel between, through, and among urban centers initiates contact, and cities themselves are sites of ever-changing cultural and historical encounters. Predictable and surprising challenges and opportunities arise when city borders are crossed, voices meet, and artistic traditions find their counterparts. Using the Latin word for “translation,” translatio, or “to carry across,” as a point of departure, Avenues of Translation explores how translation...