Paisajes artificiales: virtuales, informales y edificados

Profusely illustrated with diverse photographs, this historical synthesis of Cuba’s architectural patrimony offers a wonderful exploration of both the interiors and exteriors of the island’s buildings. Cuban customs and lifestyles from the 16th century to the end of the 19th century are also examined. Profusamente ilustrado, esta síntesis histórica sobre el patrimonio arquitectónico de Cuba ofrece una exploracion maravillosa de tanto los exteriores como los interiores de la isla. También se examinan los costumbres y estilos de vida cubanos desde el siglo 16 hasta el fin del siglo 19.

Including a selection of scale models, sketches, computer models, photos, and prototypes of Guallart's most outstanding projects, such as the ports of Fugee and Keelung in Taiwan, the Artificial Mountain in Wroclaw, and the Sharing Tower in Sociopolis, this exhibition catalog provides a wide ranging survey of this talented architect. Betsky's essay labels Guallart's output as an emergent architecture, as he attempts to help architecture to emerge out of its surrounding conditions.

This is not another book on estates and confiscations. The author offers us a precise radiography of the state of the Carthusian Monastery in its magnificent final decades, of the ravages it suffered from 1808 onwards and its subsequent nationalisation, auction and sale process. A work mostly based on unpublished sources.

En nuestra función docente van implícitas responsabilidades colectivas que traspasan los límites físicos del aula y que se proyectan hacia la sociedad donde vive nuestro alumnado. Y, además, en nuestra función como docentes de historia, una de esas responsabilidades, y no pequeña, supone dotar al alumnado de la capacidad de pensamiento crítico para valorar en su justa medida los hechos ya acontecidos y poder tomar decisiones de futuro que ayuden a resolverlos. Afrontar los pasados controversiales y traumáticos desde la enseñanza de la historia es precisamente el propósito de esta...