Bücher der Reihe Latin America: Thoughts

This book by André Marques'' is an important reference (the only in English so far) on the work of Brazilian architect João Filgueiras Lima. João Filgueiras Lima''s work is an great example of bioclimatic architecture - an architecture in which aspects of sun control, resulting in a low energetic consumption or uses the benefits from sea breeze, ensuring healthy nurseries without air conditioning.

In 2000 my first book O lugar da crítica. Ensaios oportunos de arquitetura, was published. It gathered some texts written as a journalist and architectural critic, during the last decades of the 20th century. And it ended a cycle and opened another: then, after twenty years of professional activities, I decided to fully embrace the academic world. In this century, being a professor and a researcher became my main activity. After another twenty years, this new book presents a part of my activities, collecting some unpublished and out-of-print texts.