Arquitectura y envejecimiento

Los estudios que contienen este volumen están centrados, tanto en la temática tratada como en los resultados de estudios y actuaciones arqueológicas inéditas desarrolladas en los últimos años. Estas aportaciones pretenden mejorar nuestro conocimiento sobre los sistemas hidráulicos presentes en la ciudad de Toledo y su entorno durante la época romana y los siglos medievales, de manera que arrojen nueva luz sobre esta problemática arqueológica e histórica. De este modo, con esta publicación se pone a disposición de la comunidad científica y de los interesados en el tema un...

Monographic edition dedicated to architect Alejandro Zohn, (Guadalajara, 1930, Vienna immigrated to Mexico 1939-2000) whose major architectural legacy was in public architecture that included: Mercado Libertad, Auditorio Municipal, El Archivo de Jalisco among many others.

Ask Americans to think of a famous architect and the person they are most likely to name is Frank Lloyd Wright. Wright's work, his reputation, and his long and colorful career have made him an icon of modern American architecture. But despite his status as America's most celebrated architect, his influence throughout an active practice spanning the years 1896 to 1959 is so wide and complex that it has been difficult to grasp fully. The essays in this book look not at the United States, the context usually associated with Wright, but at countries around the globe. Anthony Alofsin has assembled ...

Describes the degree and license mechanisms for the professional practice of architecture in Peru from the first courses in the 19th century through the beginning of the 20th century, with a detailed presentation of the school formation of the architects from 1910 to 1950 in the School of Engineering of the university. The book was originally the author's masters thesis and won the prize "Héctor Velarde" during the XI Bienal Nacional de Arquitectura, organized in 2004 by CAP.