Casa Colombiana

Colombia is a country rich in historical inf luences. Spanish, English, African and indigenous Indian cul tures all contribute elements to its architectural and desig n style. Villegas reveals the beauty and variety of the Colo mbian house. '

Arts & Photography

Villegas, Benjamin

Photography & Video

Chronicle Books LLC.

In 2015, Benjamin Villegas traveled to Texas in an attempt to write the biography of a music group that could have changed the history of rock: ELPASO, a Chicano band from the U.S.-Mexico border with a punk sensibility, a long since-defunct crew, and little left to remember it by but a suitcase of fanzines and one-off recordings.\nThis is the story of one of the many bands that will never appear in rock n’ roll history books, but is at the core of the scene; a band that earned its stripes from sweaty fans and self-taught rock aficionados in basements, garages, and small venues across the country. This is the story of two kids who came together to embrace the punk ethos of the 80’s and be a part of the rock n’ roll revolution sweeping the US, a world of the Ramones, Black Flag, and, of course, ELPASO.

ELPASO: A Punk Story

Literature & Fiction

United States

Deep Vellum Publishing

Profiling the career of an artist famous for capturing Colombia on canvas, this work is a journey of Hoyo's development that includes her early series of windows and atmospheres, of her still life fruit and flowers, and her most recent compositions inspired by her personal discovery of the Afro-Colombian culture living in Palenque, a small village situated on the coast of the Caribbean Sea. Recorriendo la carrera de una famosa artista por plasmar Colombia en sus lienzos, esta obra es el viaje del desarrollo profesional de Hoyo. Incluye las primeras series de pinturas de ventanas y atmósferas, bodegones de frutas y flores, y sus más recientes composiciones inspiradas en su personal descubrimiento de la cultura afro-colombiana, recogidas del periodo en que vivió en Palenque, una pequeña villa situada en la costa del mar Caribe.

Ana Mercedes Hoyos: Retrospectiva / Retrospective (Spanish Edition)

Kalenberg, Angel

Drawing

Villegas Editores

Six of the most important figures in Latin American contemporary architecture are Raúl Minondo, Peter Giesemann, Rodolfo Solares, Carlos Lara, Rafael Tinoco, and Ernesto Porras. This work highlights their avant-garde vision and their contribution to innovative architectural design. The perfect combination of light and space prevail among their buildings, with the well-being of the inhabitants being the most important design consideration. Elements from Guatemala's ancestral Mayas are also a shared feature showcased in the photographs. Seis de las figuras más importantes de la arquitectura contemporánea latinoamericana son Minondo, Giesemann, Solares, Lara, Tinoco, y Porras. Esta obra demuestra su visión vanguardista y su aporte del diseño arquitectónico innovador. La perfecta comunión entre luz y espacio domina los espacios de sus edificios, así como el bienestar de los habitantes y usuarios de los espacios determina el diseño. Elementos de las ancestrales mayas de Guatemala son también rasgos comunes que esta fotografía demuestra.

Seis Arquitectos/ Six Architects (Spanish Edition)

Architecture

Majestic at 2,600 meters above sea level, Bogotá presents its best face from the air. From north to south and east to west, these views are a worthy homage to a city that over the past 40 years has been transformed into an urban and cosmopolitan center. The traditional barrios, parks, and historical and cultural centers are particularly spectacular when seen from these perspectives that early settlers could have never imagined. Majestuosa a sus 2.600 metros sobre el nivel del mar, Bogotá muestra su mejor cara desde el aire. De norte a sur y de oeste a este, esta fotografía es un homenaje a una ciudad que a lo largo de los últimos 40 años ha estado constantemente creciendo, mejorando, y extendiendo. Barrios tradicionales, parques, centros históricos y culturales engalanan a Bogotá en todo su esplendor desde una perspectiva que sus primeros pobladores nunca pudieron a imaginar.

Bogota Desde El Aire / Bogota from the Air (Spanish Edition)

Travel

Food, Lodging & Transportation

Majestic at 2,600 metres above sea level, Bogotá shows its best face from the air. The book provides a different perspective to admire the best facet of one of the largest cities in South America and to enjoy it with the dignity that only height can provide. From north to south and from east to west, "Bogotá from the Air" is a due homage to the city that is capable of bringing as many emotions as people together. The book is the testimony of an evolutionary model that has turned the city, over the past forty years, into an urban centre in constant growth, improvement and expansion. However, the city's evolution has managed to maintain the individual, the citizen, at the heart of this process. Far from turning the city into a huge stone mass of asphalt and buildings, its development renews it and floods it with vitality, considering the fact that it breathes, feeds and lives. The traditional barrios, parks, historical and cultural centres dress up Bogotá in its most splendorous gown to show it from a perspective that its early settlers could have never imagined 500 years ago.

Bogota: From the Air

Enrique Grau was part of a generation that began to renovate the country's artistic life in the mid-20th century. Exuberant and with a strong Latin American sensibility, Grau found expression in an astonishingly wide range of media: painting, sculpture, drawing, engraving, collage, silk-screen, lithography, woodcuts, stage and costume design, cinema, and murals. This homage to the creativity of a great artist, provides a comprehensive view of his lengthy career.

Enrique Grau: Homage

Rodríguez, Bélgica

Individual Artists

Containing a selection of beautiful pictures from various photographers, this stunning compilation presents all aspects of Colombia, including its diverse and colorful landscapes, the daily lives of its people, and the country's beloved festivals. In addition to the masterful photographs, sections discussing the country’s history, traditions, and basic characteristics are also included.
Conteniendo una selección hermosa de fotos de varios fotógrafos, esta complicación impresionante presenta todos los aspectos de Colombia, incluyendo sus paisajes diversos y de colores vivos, las vidas cotidianas de su gente, y sus fiestas amadas. Además de las fotos magistrales, se incluyen secciones discutiendo la historia, las tradiciones y las principales características del país.

Colombia es color (Spanish Edition)

South America

Containing a selection of beautiful pictures from various photographers, this stunning compilation presents all aspects of Colombia, including its diverse and colorful landscapes, the daily lives of its people, and the country's beloved festivals. In addition to the masterful photographs, sections discussing the country’s history, traditions, and basic characteristics are also included.

Colombia by Color

Of all the lands in the world, Colombia is the richest in flowers. When the first astronauts sped through the heavens and beheld the Earth, two landmarks stood out: the Great wall of China and the unique green mantle that covers Colombia. In fact, this hugely fertile land houses over 50,000 species of flowers, out of a total of 250,000 throughout the world. The daily use of flowers and of their eloquent language permeates the Colombians' everyday life and their very death; it reaches all points, even in the endearing simplicity of a small garden. It is not surprising then that, also in the sphere of economics, flowers should have come to play an important role. Three decades ago, a small group of visionary entrepreneurs realized that the Bogota Savannah and certain regions of Antioquia were ideal sites for intensive floriculture, and they put that idea to work. At present Colombia is one of the world's leader flower-producing countries and one of the main exporters to the United States. Ninety percent of Colombia's entire flower production is for exportation. The quality of its products, its rigorous at meeting schedules, and the competitiveness of its prices have helped the Colombian flower industry to maintain its privileged position in international markets, competing and successfully against countries such as Holland and Japan. The flower industry has also helped to strengthen the Colombian economy in rural areas by maintaining a stable working population, thus helping to avoid migration to the cities.

Colombia Land of Flowers

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