Patrimonio arquitectónico del Valle del Aburrá

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...

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.

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...