Casas internacional 183: Extremadura

A collection of writings by Enrique Yañez to mark the twentieth anniversary of his death. The text presents an approach to life and observations of the architect, covering the fields of architecture, its social function, urbanism, society and culture.

Colombian architect Rogelio Salmona has translated pragmatic and poetic concepts and intentions into physical form. These result from the architect's deep communion with and understanding of the materials and processes, as well as of the historic-cultural context in which his architectural intervention takes place. Salmona's oeuvre, including such notable examples as the Torres del Parque (1967) in Bogota, the Presidential House for Illustrious Guests (1981) in Cartagena, the Quimbaya Museum (1983) in Armenia and the National Archive of the Nation (1992) in Bogota, is without doubt one of the ...

En los años 60 se definía una disciplina científica, la "Arqueología industrial" cuya finalidad "es el descubrimiento, la catalogación y el estudio de los restos físicos del pasado industrial para conocer a través de ellos aspectos de las condiciones del trabajo, de los procesos técnicos y de los procesos productivos". La nueva disciplina adopta la metodología de la Arqueología para investigar, analizar, interpretar, registrar y preservar los restos industriales. Se entiende como industrial toda actividad productiva cuyos vestigios materiales consisten en edificios, instalaciones,...