Materiales de urbanismo 2011.13

Sea esta publicación motivo para conocer y reconocer la importancia que en la planeación urbana tiene su patrimonio arquitectónico y los territorios en los que se inserta, así como las características que lo conforman, los retos a los que se enfrenta y las acciones que se han realizado en los últimos seis años. Dentro del concepto de planeación urbana se incorpora la protección al patrimonio urbano y arquitectónico, su conservación y su puesta en valor que en reiteradas ocasiones es blanco de cuestionamientos, la Secretaría de Desarrollo Urbano y Vivienda lo entiende y lo asume...

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 catalogue of the work of the Barcelona architect Manuel Brullet (Mataró, Barcelona, 1941) covers the last tent years of his production.

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...