Frei Otto

London is famous for Big Ben; Paris for the Eiffel Tower; Rome for the Colosseum. Barcelona, on the other hand, is not identified by one or two famous buildings as these other European cities, but rather by an entire movement of turn-of-the-century architecture known simply as Modernisme. Familiar to Americans as art nouveau, its most famous practitioner was the artist and architect Antoni Gaudi. But the city is filled with superb examples of art nouveau in vivid color in Barcelona Art Nouveau. This book offers a tour of 46 houses, public buildings, and monuments in the art-nouveau style,...

The present edition publishes part of the research papers presented during the "Seminario de Investigación Arquitectura para la Producción" organized by the university of Michoacán between 2001 and 2002 that included the participation of national and international academics. The book gathers 23 collective and individual multidisciplinary works that examine from various perspectives the history of architecture in rural areas. Works are mainly focused in the colonial territory of the ex-bishopry of Michoacán divided in 4 main topics: Space, settlements, technology and environment and...

El sistema de planos acotados constituye el principal sistema de representación en Ingeniería Técnica de Obras Públicas e Ingeniería Geológica. Sus orígenes se remontan a la Edad Media, y desde entonces su uso ha ido en aumento, evolucionando hasta los actuales programas informáticos de topografía que permiten realizar todo tipo de representaciones del terreno.Con la publicación de este libro los autores, profesores del Dpto. de Expresión Gráfica y Cartografía, hemos pretendido, como principal objetivo, proporcionar a los alumnos de Ingeniería Geológica e Ingeniería Técnica...

A study of each phase of the prolific trajectory of architect Pani (b. Mexico). A strong follower of Le Corbusier principles and whose modernist and grand scale urban and construction designs allowed him to construct in Mexico the first international hotel, the first multi family housing complex, the first condominium and the first satellite city. His architectural legacy includes more than 130 projects covering all types of buildings: housing, schools, hospitals, airports, commercial, office and urban, designs. All photographs (black and white 8x10 plaques ) in this catalogue were shot by...