Ecodiseño en la edificación (Serie Eficiencia Energética)

Barcelona 1992-2004 offers a selection of chronologically arranged projects that provide an overview of the period that commences with the 1992 Olympic Games and culminates in the huge cultural event that is the Universal Forum of Cultures-Barcelona 2004. The selection has focused in particular on projects involving the city’s openness to the sea and those which have managed to adapt to its existing residential fabric. Presented as separate chapters are projects for new high-rise buildings and schemes for the 22@ plan and the Universal Forum of Cultures. The selection is preceded by a text...

The book is the resulting papers from the Seminars of Latin American Architecture (SAL) organized by CEDODAL as an example of academic cooperation between Latin American architects who share their concern for the conservation of the region's architectural patrimony. This edition comprises case studies and historical, economic, social and architectural analysis of the farms and landowners of the haciendas and estancias from 7 countries of Latin America: Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, México, Perú and Puerto Rico.

Desde que Los hermanos Lumière proyectaron en público "La llegada del tren a la estación" en 1895, la obra civil y el cine han caminado de la mano. Este libro analiza esa relación desde distintos puntos de vista: mirando a la obra civil desde el cine, mirando al cine desde la obra civil, estudiando la evolución de la ciudad a través del cine e incluso descubriendo la capacidad interpretativa de algunas obras civiles. También, como divertimento, se plantean y resuelven algunos problemas de física, hidráulica y cálculo de estructuras a partir de datos extraídos de famosas escenas de...

Adolf Loos (1870-1933), riconosciuto come uno dei più significanti profeti dell'architettura moderna, era una star dei suoi tempi, conosciuto come un dandy audace e moralista che sfidava l'establishment. Le sue opere rappresentano non solo l'inizio del modernismo, ma introdussero anche il concetto di architettura degli spazi. Loos pubblicò anche numerosi saggi durante la sua vita, il più notevole dei quali è lo spesso incompreso "Ornament and crime". Annotation Supplied by Informazioni Editoriali