Hal Box: 2 books
by Hal Box
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
The design of cities and buildings affects the quality of our lives. Making the built environment useful, safe, comfortable, efficient, and as beautiful as possible is a universal quest. We dream about how we might live, work, and play. From these dreams come some 95 percent of all private and public...
Ancient Origins of the Mexican Plaza
From Primordial Sea to Public Space
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2013
The plaza has been a defining feature of Mexican urban architecture and culture for at least 4,000 years. Ancient Mesoamericans conducted most of their communal life in outdoor public spaces, and today the plaza is still the public living room in every Mexican neighborhood, town, and city—the place...