1- The Compendium of Marco Vitruvio (1752)
Vitruvius was Julius Caesar’s architect during his youth. This book is the oldest surviving treatise on architecture and the only one from Classical Antiquity. Inspired by Hellenistic theorists, the book exposes all the knowledge of its time on architectural theory and practice, encompassing the construction of buildings, public works and machine designs.
It can be read and downloaded at: www.admagazine.com/
2- Histories of Argentine Architecture, Vol. 1 and 2 (2018)
This is a book by Daniel Schvelzon (director of the Center for Urban Archeology). The text has been printed by Editores Argentinos, in the city of Buenos Aires and has a total of 245 pages (it can be downloaded in PDF format and its weight is 5.91 Mb).
It can be read and downloaded at www.danielschavelzon.com.ar/
3- Architecture and Human Rights (2014)
In this text, Chilean architect Jorge Lobos explores how architecture can provide solutions to cases of extreme poverty or natural disasters; in order to open the discussion of architecture as a means for development in vulnerable areas of the world.
It can be read and downloaded at: www.admagazine.com/
4- Sustainable architecture (2014)
The author, Marta Briones Fontcuberta, offers a whole series of new initiatives in the use of materials,
It can be read at: www.fertbatxillerat.com/
5- Photograph as architecture. Click 1 (2016)
Given that photography has been an essential ally of architecture since the first decades of the 20th century, this book by several authors aims to contribute to the advancement in the understanding of the ways of looking at both professions through contributions made from Spain, Mexico, Chile , Ecuador, Brazil and Venezuela during the International Seminar on Modern Architecture and Photography held in Barcelona in 2015. It can be read and downloaded at: www.admagazine.com/
6-Argentinian Architects AA3 (2012)
Published on June 3 of that year, it can be viewed in PDF version, to appreciate the most varied designs by professionals in the country, mainly for country houses.
It can be read at: https://issuu.com/
7- Modern Urbanism in Latin America (2013)
This compilation of the Colombian magazine DeARQ, dedicated to the Modern Movement in Latin America, explores Le Corbusier’s links with the South American landscape, and urban projects in Punta del Este, Mexico City, Brasilia and Bogot.
It can be read and downloaded at: www.admagazine.com/
9- How objects are born (1983)
This book by Bruno Murani looks at the phrases faced by the product designer, from the beginning to the end of the process. With practical examples and illustrations, he makes objects look from another point of view.
It can be read and downloaded at: www.admagazine.com/
10- Ignored modernities. Inquiries about architects and works
(almost) unknown (2014)
This book by Roberto Goycoolea Prado is a compilation of articles that were submitted to the call for the 100th edition of Cities magazine, it includes urban, architectural, and project views
It can be read and downloaded at: www.admagazine.com/
11- Yes is more (2010)
This book is very particular as it is actually a graphic novel by Bjarke Ingels to explain the work of the great Danish architect and understand how the way of understanding architecture is changing.
It can be read and downloaded at: www.admagazine.com/
12- Interior Design: Best in design (2020)
This compilation of the best interior design projects published during 2019 in Sandow, which uses a methodology to include in the list creations from all over the world: from Minneapolis to Dubai, and from New York to Norway.
It can be read at: www.admagazine.com/
The creation process
Starting this afternoon at 7:30 p.m., 10 references of national architecture will take a tour of their works, providing exclusive details about their creation process through an audiovisual record. Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com.ar/e/mda-narrativa
9- Introduction to the theory of architecture (2012)
This text is ideal for students in the initial stages of their career, since it provides an answer, in a teaching way, to essential notions that do not always find precise definitions.
It can be read at:
www.aliat.org.mx/
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