Design de Interiores Contemporâneo

With the rapid developments in renewable resources over the last few years, environmentally-friendly housing is no longer the pipe-dream of a few radical architects and ecologists, it is now a firm reality. Small Eco Houses is a superbly illustrated volume that showcases the latest trends and architectural solutions for eco-housing. It also explores how research into alternative materials and new ways to apply traditional prime materials have paved the way for a whole new range of design options that mean aesthetics and comfort no longer have to be compromised to achieve sustainable...

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 ...

For his critics and biographers, the 1930s have always been the most challenging period of Frank Lloyd Wright's career. This account uses the architect's long-inaccessable archives at Taliesin West to provide a balanced evaluation of Wright in the 1930s. It separates Wright's design activities from his self-promotion and places his philosophy of individualism within the context of the times.

La presente obra contiene un sustrato expositivo de la arquitectura gaudiniana sobre el sentido naturalista del arte de Gaudi, segun la tesis doctoral de Gustavo Garcia Gabarro, dirigida por Juan Bassegoda Nonell quien, a su vez, expone un resumen de los estudios realizados en la Real Catedra Gaudi a lo largo de 30 anos. Mediante este estudio se intenta hacer comprensible a Gaudi a traves de su sentido franciscano del mundo y del arte, evitando cualquier enfoque historiografico o relativo a la morfologia descriptiva de los edificios construidos por este especial arquitecto catalan.Gaudi....

Este nuevo volumen de la serie azul de Arquitectonics está dedicado a las relaciones siempre complejas entre la arquitectura y su uso por la sociedad. Hemos intentado que los diferentes paradigmas existentes hoy en esta temática estén aquí representados. Un comentario especial merece el artículo del profesor y filósofo Víctor Gómez Pin, sobre la facilidad con la que los arquitectos olvidamos la naturaleza de nuestro trabajo, donde geometría y significado social no pueden disociarse sin caer en la total frivolidad o en la más evidente irresponsabilidad cultural.