Sevilla, arquitectura y ciudad militar

The shopping mall is one of the typologies most succesfully developed in the twentieth century. The work of the Mexican architural firm Grupo Arquitech has ventured into this fertile territory. Directed by Juan José Sánchez since 1987. In the space of a few years, Arquitech has designed the main malls in Mexico, perfecting a model that accurately define the limit. This is the first major documentation of their work.

A serious study and analysis that addresses the symbolism, ornamentation, and history one of Mexico's historic architectural monuments, the Chapel of Loreto.

Life and work of polemic architect and urbanist Meyer (b. Switzerland), one of the most important functionalists of the 1920's. The former director of the Bauhaus, he worked for the Post-Revolutionary Regimes in Mexico as the director of the Instituto del Urbanismo y Planification from 1942 through 1949, while also becoming the editor of the collective graphic workshop Taller de Grafica Popular (TGP) from 1947 to 1949. Many plates of his architectural designs and the structural diagrams Meyer used for the Bauhaus and in IUP in Mexico.

En el marco de la colección Ciudad 2030, esta obra pretende reflexionar, desde diversos puntos de vista, en torno al papel de la ciudad inteligente (smart city) y de la ciudad sabia (wise city) en la generación de modelos de gobernanza democrática y colaborativa que avancen en el desarrollo humano sostenible de las ciudades, territorios y comunidades. Identificados los retos de este desarrollo, el uso de la ciencia y la tecnología resulta clave para resolverlos pero siempre teniendo en cuenta las ventajas e inconvenientes que suscitan. Por ello, son necesarios modelos que superen la idea...