Movitectura: Arquitectura Móvil (Mobitecture) (Spanish Edition)

La arquitectura se ha entendido normalmente como geometría y materia, abstracción dibujada y realidad tangible, pero raramente se ha valorado el papel de la energía: luz, sonido, calor, etc. en su definición. Desde la percepción ambiental y el confort hasta la constatación del valor espacial de la energía, se intentan facilitar al arquitecto los conceptos para encontrar la solución óptima de unas necesidades a menudo imprecisas. El conocimiento de los conceptos, sistemas y componentes adecuados, así como de los sistemas prácticos de evaluación, permiten entender el diseño con...

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...

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.

The present research work is based on original manuscripts and testimonies from architect González Gortázar (b. Mexico) regarding his transcendent architecture and urban designs. González Gortázar is considered at present one of the most important architects of México, creator of spaces and urban art that are now geometric symbols and references of the city of Guadalajara in México. The architect strongly practices the concept of "Space and Art" and where the city should never loose their social function for which it was originally conceived and constructed.