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Produced by the government program Pueblos Magicos (Magic Towns) is designed for the sustainable preservation of the cultural and architectural patrimony of 17 traditional and picturesque colonial towns, promoting the tourist attractions and urban benefits of places like: San Cristobal de las Casas, Parras, Comala, Taxco, Real de Catorce, Izamal and Patzcuaro among others.Many exceptional color photographs. .

Taking as a starting point a design for a mobile theater made at the Architectural Association of London between 1970 and1971 by Spanish architect Javier Navarro de Zuvillaga (born 1942), this book traces the architectural counterculture of that time and the relations with the alternative performing arts. Architect Javier Navarro de Zuvillaga (1942) graduated in 1968 at Madrid School of Architecture. During the academic year 1970-1971 he travelled from Madrid to London thanks to a grant of the British Council to complete his postgraduate training at the Architectural Association. There he...

Brief study of the rich architectonic and topographic expressions of the one-family houses and the collective dwelling constructed during the 20th century in México. During this post-Revolution period the mass options became models of good taste, functionality and technological possibilities for the growing urban spaces.

La historia del hormigón es la del largo proceso que lo ha conducido a su extraordinario desarrollo, hasta el punto de convertirlo en el material más utilizado en el mundo de la construcción desde hace cincuenta años. La presente obra explora sus orígenes y analiza la génesis de una técnica que hoy resulta simple, pero que ha precisado casi dos siglos para conformarse. Y es que es mucho lo que se ha conseguido en realidad: un material económico, flexible y estéticamente aceptable, que propone un continuo diálogo entre el constructor y la obra. Este estudio permite reconstruir la...