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La figura del jefe de obra resulta imprescindible en la construccion actual. Es un vertice en el que confluyen los intereses, muchas veces cruzados, de los distintos agentes del proceso edificatorio definidos en la LOE. Ejercer tan delicada funcion no requiere sin embargo, una titulacion academica especifica. El proposito de este libro es proporcionar conocimientos y fomentar la reflexion a aquellos que desean adentrarse en el complejo mundo de la direccion ejecutiva de las obras. Asimismo, pone en evidencia las carencias que padecen estos profesionales para formarse de forma reglada, de lo...

As part of the celebration of the Symposium "Shell and Spatial Structures: New Materials and Technologies, New Designs and Innovations -- A Sustainable Approach to Architectural and Structural Design" of the International Association of Special Structures (IASS-SLTE) held October 23-31, 2008 in Acapulco, the Faculty of Architecture of the UNAM developed 3 projects specifically for the occasion: 1) An exhibition of representative scale models of the "golden age" (1950-1975) of the construction of reinforced concrete shells in Mexico; 2) A documentary featuring the characteristics and evolution ...

This series is the best reference available for information on today's leading architects, and presents their work in an affordable and thoroughly illustrated format. Each book begins with an overview of the architect's style and accomplishments written by a leading architecture critic. Then, approximately twenty noteworthy works and projects are discussed by the architect and presented in detail with site plans, drawings, and black-and-white photographs.

A detailed guide to the buildings that architect Juan O'Gorman (b. Mexico 1905-1982) constructed in Mexico City, with maps, photographs, plans and detailed descriptions of each one. Includes many of his most noted designs: Casa-estudio Diego Rivera-Frida Kahlo, museum Anahuacalli (Diego Rivera), museum Casa Azul (Frida Kahlo) and others.