Los devenires de la indumentaria porteña

Este libro está dirigido específicamente a los arquitectos, a los estudiantes de arquitectura y a los promotores inmobiliarios, aunque puede ser de gran interés para un amplio espectro de lectores interesados en las energías renovables. El objetivo de este libro es que tanto los arquitectos como los promotores entiendan que la integración de la energía fotovotaica no es una obligación más, sino un nuevo producto constructivo, con sus reglas pero también con una gran flexibilidad de dimensiones y acabados, que puede convertirse en una herramienta de diseño muy valiosa para el...

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 ...

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.

The remarkably prolific career of an innovative young Chilean architect is profiled in this engaging study. Born in 1965 and in professional practice since 1991, this architect's impact on his native landscape is observed mainly in a series of private houses located in some of the most sublime sites in Chile. The forceful yet austere character of his design approach and its radical relationship to surrounding landscape elements can be fully appreciated by viewing this book's fine pictorial panorama.