Search Results: Titles starting with L from Howard Karno Books Inc

Buenos Aires: CEDODAL (Centro de Documentación de Arte y Arquitectura Latinoamericana); SUPARA (Sindicato Único del Personal Aduanero de la República Argentina), 2010. b/w and duo tone plates, facs., ports., plans, elevations, tbls., bios., bibls., color pict. boards OCLC: 724045767. The book documents through plans, photographs and other original documents the architectural history of the Buenos Aires Customs "Palace" (Palacio de la Aduana), a government building and architectural landmark in the Montserrat section of the port city designed by architects Eduardo Lanús (b. Buenos Aires 1875-1940) and Pablo Hary (b. France 1875- d. Buenos Aires 1956) following the French neoclassic tradition and inaugurated in 1910 as part of the celebrations of the Centennial of the May Revolution. The emblematic building houses the Argentine General Customs Directorate (DGA) and in 2009 was declared a National Historic Monument by President Cristina Kirchner. Contents: Presentación / Dr. Carlos Adolfo Sueiro --… Read More

México, D.F.: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM, 2015. b/w plates, facs., illus., ind., bibliographical references (p. 149-150), wrps. Selección de textos de "Historia natural de Nueva España" de Francisco Hernández, publicada por la UNAM en 1959 en las "Obras Completas" del mismo autor." --Verso Title Page. A selection of texts from the 18th century book "Historia Natural de Nueva España", and other works by royal physician at the court of Spain Francisco Hernández de Toledo, (b. Spain 1514-1587), reviewing diverse medical and alimentary aspects of the animals, fruits, and plants used by the Pre-Columbian population in Mexico. CONTENTS: Estudio preliminar -- PLANTAS -- Raíces -- Tallos y hojas -- Flores -- Frutos -- Vainas -- Semillas -- Magueyes -- Hongos -- Algas -- ANIMALES -- Insectos -- Batracios -- Peces -- Aves -- Reptiles -- Mamíferos -- MINERALES. First reprint of 2007 edition.

Washington DC: Grayson Publishing, 2011. color plates, plans, elevations, bio./chron., color pict. d.j. CONTENTS: Prólogo -- Introducción -- Proyectos -- Ensayo Casa BC -- Proyectos en Proceso y Concursos -- Selección de Proyectos -- Perfil del Despacho -- Créditos -- Casa CG -- Torre Miravalle -- Casa y Pabellón Elizondo -- Casa del Tec 167 -- Discoteca Vashiva -- Calzada 3ceruno -- Casa emn Palmillas -- Casa Torres -- El Secreto -- Urbania -- Casa BC -- Torre Santander -- Magma Towers -- Torres Puerta del Sol -- Museo Cohuila-Texas -- Via Cordillera -- La Recova -- Valle Norte Business Park -- Casa Los Encinos -- Restaurante Grijalva -- Nogales 8 -- Plaza del Carmen -- Casa Roccatti -- Homecare de México -- Casa L+L -- Residencil Cima Brisas -- Plaza Santa Engracia -- Departamento Cordillera -- Torre Ambar -- Hines - Monteleón. SPANISH AND ENGLISH TEXT.

Mexicali, BC: Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, 2009. b/w plates, facs., plans, elevations, meas. draws., maps, bibl. (p. 140-143), duo tone pict. fldg. wrps. OCLC: 645543496. The period accounted in the present book corresponds the first two decades of the city of Mexicali, when its urban space was the area of the city's downtown. The local historic architecture is characteristic of its border condition and the mixture of two cultures: the Mexican and American. Contents: Agradecimientos -- Introducción -- Antecedentes -- Asentamientos previos al establecimiento de Mexicali -- El nacimiento de Mexicali, 1900 -- Imagen urbana y arquitectura del primer poblado, 1902-1905 -- Inundación y reconstrucción -- La segunda década, 1910-1915 -- Establecimiento del municipio, 1915-1920 -- Expansión urbana de la ciudad -- Origen de la vivienda en Mexicali -- Anexos -- Planos -- Planos de localización -- Apéndice fotográfico -- Glosario -- Bibliografía. LIMITED EDITRION OF 300.

Buenos Aires: Taller Gaite FADU.UBA, 2003. b/w plates, plans, elevations, meas. draws., tbls., bibl., bio/chron., color pict. wrps. The book presents 70 examples of diverse housing projects along with essays on the present culture of design offering a brief understanding of the concept of architecture as a biological instrument, relating the creative activity of design to the way of life and social traditions and rituals of the meant subject. All research notes were designed to be dictated in different faculty courses during a workshop.

Santiago de Chile: Editorial Universitaria, 2012. b/w and color plates, plans, maps, ports., facs., bibliograpgical references (p. 291-[294]), color pict. fldg. wrps. OCLC: 821209362. Architect Max Aguirre reviews the contributions of the professional architects in the development of modernist architecture in Chile during the first half of the 20th century, in response to the cultural, political and economic conditions of the industrial revolution. Mass migration, the industrialization of production, machine incorporation and natural disasters demanded a new more scientific and social architecture leaving behind the historic, aesthetic and classic academic practice. This complex transforming process, although influenced by exterior factors, acquired its own personality and was "clearly linked to the affirmation of a professional class, that supported by the scientific knowledge of the constructive processes tries to, at the same time strengthen their own identity while solving concrete social… Read More

Buenos Aires: Diseño, 2014. (4 cm tear to cover alongside spine). b/w plates, ports., plans, elevetions, maps, facs., bibliographical references (pages 303-313), color pict wrps. "This publication illustrates the historical development and evolution of the Argentinean architecture from its origins to the construction of the Kavanagh Tower, constructed in the city of Buenos Aires in the year of 1936, and considered an emblematic symbol of Buenos Aires and of the gap between the architecture of two epochs: between the extraordinary fact of an opulent and unrepeatable past already in the twilight of the powerful Argentine oligarchy and the arrival of important economic, social and political changes in the country." (Our translation) -Verso Cover. CONTENTS: Prólogo / Roberto Alifano -- Introduccón -- Reseña hisórica preliminar -- Fundación de Buenos Aires -- Los aborígenes -- Relación de España con sus colonias -- Las ciudades hispanoamericanas -- Población de las Indias -- Barroco y… Read More

Bogotá: Banco de la Republica; Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango, Casa Republicana, 2010. b/w and color plates, facs., ports., cat., bibls., color pict. fldg. wrps. The present exhibition organized in commemoration of the Bicentennial of the Independence is the culmination of a thorough research by curator Beatriz González presenting close to 1300 caricatures. These reflect the political and social conditions, in different formats that recall the last 200 years of history of the nation. Contents: Agradecimientos -- Presentación -- La caricatura en Colombia a partir de la Independencia / por Beatriz González Aranda -- La caricatura como provocador / por Daniel Samper Pizano -- Humor, grafica y otras delicias / por Diego Herrera Sabogal -Yayo- -- La caricatura sin pluma ni papel / por Eduardo Arias Villa -- Lista de obras.

Nuevo Leon: Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, 2009. color & b/w plates, bios., color pict. wrps. Catalogue of holdings of Mexican puppets in the collection of the museum. LIMITED EDITION OF 1000.

San Andres, Colombia: Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 2004. b/w and color plates, maps, tbls., chrts., indice, bibls., color pict. fldg. wrps. The book is the resulting work of the research project San Andrés Architectural and Cultural Heritage presented in the 2000 forum "Basis for a National Plan 2001-2010" organized by the Ministry of Culture of Colombia. The resulting inventory identifies elements for conservation purposes and registers group of houses or residential complexes left from the Spanish, French, English and Dutch colonies established between the 16th to the 19th century in the small Caribbean island of San Andrés in Colombia and that share historical, social, aesthetic and environmental backgrounds. LIMITED EDITION OF 1000. ENGLISH AND SPANISH TEXT.

Puebla, Méx: Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, 2006. b/w and color plates, illus., ports., bibl.(p. 155-157)., cat., bibl., color pict. wrps. OCLC: 122910784. The book reviews the history, architecture and ornamental details with special attention to the tile decorated façade of the 18th century house located in downtown Puebla, México now the University Art Museum. The book dedicates a section to study the origin (Greece or Thailand) and meaning of the 18th century tiles that shape out the "muñecos" (figures) decorating the façade along a presenting a catalogue of selected pieces from the extraordinary collection of colonial paintings from famed artists such as Cristóbal de Villalpando, Juan Tinoco, Cástulo Portilla, Diego de Borgraf, Agustín Arrieta, and others. Este libro se refiere a una investigación de la Casa de los Muñecos en Puebla que ahora alberga el Museo de la Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla a fin de conocer más sobre la historia del inmueble, sus… Read More

Lima: Instituto Peruano de Estudios Arqueológicos, IPEA, 2020. color plates, tbls., graphs., maps, bibliographical references (pages 217-219) and index, color pict. wrps. OCLC: 1221007079. The ceramics of the "Paracas Culture" have been known for more than a century in Peru and the world. Outstanding studies on its material culture have been made since the time of its discovery by Julio C. Tello and have continued throughout the 20th century. Following this trail of studies, in this book the authors make available to the scientific community and the general public a detailed description of Parcas ceramics excavated and scientifically analyzed during the last 8 years by the team of the Chincha Archaeological Program (PACH). In this monograph the reader will be able to know in detail the Paracas ceramics of the Chincha valley, which has proven to be one of the cradles of this important pre-Hispanic society during the first millennium BC. CONTENTS: Agradecimientos -- Capítulo 1: Introducción --… Read More

México: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM, 1964. plus 40 b/w plates, and 2 color plates, map, tbl., wrps.

Asunción: Universidad Católica "Nuestra Señora de la Asunción", Biblioteca "Pablo VI", 2006. b/w plates, facs., illus., appens., bibl., color pict. fldg. wrps. REPRINT EDITION of 1994 study by prominent author Plá who donated her documental patrimony and the copyrights of her investigation legacy to the university. Study of the art of ceramics in Paraguay that discusses the background of popular ceramics, materials, types, forms and functions. Many b/w plates provide examples.

Bogotá: Instituto Distrital de Patrimonio Cultural; Museo de Bogotá, 2014. b/w and color plates, ports., facs., filmography, bibliographical references, illus. endpapers, b/w pict. wrps. OCLC: 887313893. Since their first medium-length film "Chircales" (1966-1972) to "Amor, mujeres y flores" (1988), the audiovisual and photographic work of Marta Rodríguez and Jorge Silva has focused on documenting the conflicting realities of exploited or marginalized communities and in investigating forms of reconstruction of the memory of a muted history of Colombia. The book comprises a selection of unpublished images of Bogota that allows the viewer to renew the look at the work of these two filmmakers, usually known for their work on indigenous and peasant struggles in the second half of the 20th century. Published on the occasion of the exhibition held Dec. 19, 2013 - March, 2014 at the Museo de Bogotá. Contents: La ciudad silenciada: espejo y persuacion / María Eugenia Martínez Delgado -- Entrevista con… Read More

México, D.F.: Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Azcapotzalco, 2016. b/w plates, maps (some color), diags., chrts., bibliographical references, b/w pict. wrps. "... con este libro se busca integrar distintas percepciones de la Ciudad de México desde la perspectiva de lo arquitectónico, lo urbano, lo ambiental con la presencia del diseño; con el objetivo de tener una visión crítica de estos grandes temas propios de la ciudad para contribuir a la interpretación y el tratamiento de los problemas." --Verso Cover. CONTENTS: Presentación / Fausto E. Rodríguez Manzo, Gerardo G. Sánchez Ruiz -- I. Urbanismo y planificación -- Patrones de crecimiento de la ciudad de México / Manuel Sánchez de Carmona -- Violencia acústica urbana. Un diagnóstico de los problemas de ruido en la ciudad de México / Ana Lidia M. Domínguez Ruiz, Jimena de Gortari Ludlow -- Planificación de vialidades y ruido ambiental en la ciudad de México / Fausto E. Rodríguez Manzo, Elisa Garay Vargas, Gerardo G. Sánchez… Read More

Caracas: Criteria Editorial, 2006. b/w and color plates, maps, appen., bibl., color pict. d.j. Extensive study regarding the norms from the "Leyes de los Reynos de Indias" (1688) along other colonial regulations in the design and formation of American cities, a legislation imposed by Spain for the discovery and foundation of the towns in their American territories. The author studies from a judicial perspective the history and social and cultural aspects of the peopling of colonial America through the orderly urban planning of the novohispanic cities. Includes 4 essays by noted historians: La forma del orden urbano by Graziano Gasparini; El derecho y la ciudad by Federico Vegas; Nuestro modelo urbano by Carlos Gómez de Llerena and Caracas, una isla que pierde su historia by Anthony Brewer-Carías. AN ESSENTIAL REFERENCE FOR CITY PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE STUDIES.

Lima: Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP), Fondo Editorial PUCP, 2015. b/w and color illustrations, plans, bibliographical references, b/w pict. wrps. OCLC: 905373880. Selection of texts written during the last thirty years by noted architect Reynaldo Ledgard Parro. Contents: Lima Posible. Prólogo / por Gustavo Buntinx -- Introducción / Reynaldo Ledgard -- PRIMERA PARTE -- Años Ochenta -- La vivienda y el Estado (1982) -- Limatambo. Hacía una arquitectura peruana (1982) -- De lo moderno a los posmoderno: la búsqueda de una arquitectura peruana (1983) -- Pequeño manifiesto en contra del chalet (1985) -- Gregorio en Alto Puschka (1985) -- Centro Lima: lo que no se ha dicho (1985) -- Polémica en torno a Galerías Garcilaso (1986) -- Arquitectura y ciudad. Teoría y metodología del diseño (1986) -- Actores urbanos (1986) -- Arquitectura para el centro de Lima (1) (1987) -- Imaginando otro espacio urbano: la experiencia de Huaycán (1987) -- La… Read More

Bernal [Argentina]; Buenos Aires: Universidad Nacional de Quilmes; Prometeo 3011, 2006. b/w plates, facs., maps, plans, elevations, bio/chron., bibls., color pict. fldg. wrps. A revisionist view of the architecture and city of Buenos Aires during the mid-19th century in opposition to the traditional idea of a tranquil, small city. The capital city two centuries ago was a complex urban geometrical structure whose society was also an active participant of the revolutionary elite who reorganized the city based on the typical geometrical models of the of late Enlightenment ideals for architecture and urban design. LIMITED EDITION OF 1000.

México: Editorial Clío, 1997. color and b/w plates, facs., advts., color pict. wrps. Series on Mexican cookery and food ways with hiigh quality printing with many color plates and extensive texts. Good reference. This number focus is on food industry in Mexico. Contents: Un nuevo paisaje mexicano / La industria en el campo / La industria en la ciudad / Después de la revolución /Un década de cambios / Lecturas sugeridas.