Bienvenidos a Bonfist

Architectural guide to the city of Guadalajara, with a selection of close to 300 buildings representative of all time periods. The guide is divided in 3 sections: the first, the largest and medullar part of the book is the presentation of the buildings; a second section is an inventory of buildings important in the history of the city but now disappeared, and a third section includes location maps with recommended itineraries and routes. Each entry includes the name, date and brief history of the building and the name of the architect.

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 ...

La creciente conciencia por los temas medioambientales;la preocupación por la conservación de la naturaleza;y por el deterioro del planeta, y la amenaza real;del cambio climático, hacen imprescindible reducir;los impactos ambientales, buena parte de los cuales;son producidos por los edificios.;Para conseguir unos edificios sostenibles y descarbonizados es fundamental aplicar los criterios de sostenibilidad y de economía circular en ellos, para lo que se hace necesaria la herramienta de Análisis de Ciclo de Vida (ACV) como una metodología holística, en la que el sistema edificio...

An analysis of the subject of the identity that has characterized historically the cultural and urban-architectonic development of the towns of Latin America, the Caribbean and Mexico.