Cultura, arquitectura y diseño

This series was the winner of the American Institute of Architects' prestigious "Award for Excellence in International Book Publishing". Each volume in this series is introduced with an essay on the architect, and a chronological or stylistic presentation of their most outstanding buildings and projects. No other series provides such a complete and concise summary of the world's leading architects' works. The volumes are fully illustrated in black-and-white with photos and project renderings.

Con la presente obra se ofrecen al lector de nuestro país, en edición original inglesa y en versión castellana, los principales textos sobre arquitectura publicados en Inglaterra durante los siglos XVI y XVII.Para cumplir este objetivo, se han estudiado y traducido los tratados y manuales de arquitectura anteriores y posteriores a la obra de Henry Wotton, con el fin de disponer, por primera vez, de una edición completa de la primera literatura arquitectónica inglesa.El libro incluye un análisis pormenorizado del manual sobre los órdenes clásicos de John Shute, “The First & Chief...

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 ...