La ciudad de Rosario no tuvo fundación precisa, se originó a partir de un alto en el camino que conectaba a Buenos Aires con el interior del país, motivando un punto de descanso en el trayecto monótono de los viajeros.
AN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEARBeginning in a tiny hermitage on the remote north Scottish coast, and ending up backstage at the National Theatre, Raw Concrete embarks on a wide-ranging journey through Britain over the past sixty years, stopping to examine how eight extraordinary buildings were made - from commission to construction - why they have been so vilified, and why they are beginning to be loved.
La expresión "ciudad latinoamericana" remite hoy con exclusividad a las grandes metrópolis que crecen sin control, escenarios amenazantes de violencia e inseguridad.
A renowned 'artist and wood engraver', as the blue plaque recently erected in her memory says, Lady Mabel Annesley's printmaking was compared to that of William Blake.
Entre una gran diversidad de materias, Henry Lefebvre se ocupó particularmente de los problemas de la urbanización y el territorio, presentando a la ciudad como el corazón de la insurrección estética contra lo cotidiano.
Tracing its distant origins to the villa of the Roman emperor Hadrian in the second century AD, the eccentric phenomenon of the ornamental hermit enjoyed its heyday in the England of the eighteenth century It was at this time that it became highly fashionable for owners of country estates to commission architectural follies for their landscape gardens.
One of the world s greatest scientists of human behaviour, the bestselling author of Behave, shows that free will does not exist - and sets out the disturbing yet liberating implications of accepting this fact.
Containing over 6,000 entries from Aalto to Zwinger and written in a clear and concise style, this authoritative dictionary covers architectural history in detail, from ancient times to the present day.
Extrastatecraft is the operating system of the modern world: the skyline of Dubai, the subterranean pipes and cables sustaining urban life, free-trade zones, the standardized dimensions of credit cards, and hyper-consumerist shopping malls.
In this fascinating and often hilarious work - winner of the Royal Society of Science Prize 2007 - pre-eminent psychologist Daniel Gilbert shows how - and why - the majority of us have no idea how to make ourselves happy.
Este libro es el resultado de un esfuerzo emprendido por la joven Facultad de Arquitectura de la Universidad Santo Tomás, Sede Villavicencio, con el fin de ofrecer lecturas humanistas sobre esta ciudad.
Este viaje por lugares extremos en América Latina empieza en México, a la sombra de una inmensa barriada de viviendas sociales de la década de 1960, cuando las colmenas de pisos baratos parecían la solución a la escasez de vivienda.
El libro analiza críticamente el modo de habitar occidental que supone al ser humano como especie superior, con derechos de posesión, control y explotación del mundo natural.
El presente estudio comprende dos partes que abordan respectivamente el contexto urbano del Palacio Nacional –entendido como la Plaza de Cayzedo o como el centro tradicional de la ciudad– y la propia edificación.
Problemas como la migración de poblaciones y de habitantes, y el crecimiento urbano acelerado de las capitales han promovido el debate alrededor de la suburbanización y el crecimiento periférico.
Short-listed for the 2012 Speaker's Award One hundred years ago, the City of Brantford advertised itself as the most important manufacturing centre in Canada.
Take a journey down winding lanes and Roman roads in this witty and informative guide to the meanings behind the names of England's towns and villages.
With a new wave of adult ADHD diagnoses sweeping the world, many are beginning to discover what it is that sets them apart, but few have learnt what it takes to thrive.
