Ecodiseño en la edificación (Serie Eficiencia Energética)

Who ever said you can't have it all? This highly useful and decorative guide profiles lodgings around the world where you can enjoy the hippest of hospitality without breaking the bank. Including affordable hotels in locales as varied as Amsterdam and Cape Town, this guide makes sure your vacation fantasies can become reality.

Territorio, planeación y políticas públicas: variaciones sobre un trinomio imperfecto trata sobre el tema de las intrincadas relaciones de este trinomio imperfecto, para responder a la pregunta del profesor Jérôme Monnet, geógrafo y urbanista inspirador del libro, de en qué medida el territorio es un medio o un producto de la acción pública. Para esto, cada autor plantea el problema y formula propuestas híbridas sobre las lógicas, la organización de los actores y el espacio, a partir de las perspectivas de las ciencias políticas y administrativas, de la geografía y del...

Brief study of the rich architectonic and topographic expressions of the one-family houses and the collective dwelling constructed during the 20th century in México. During this post-Revolution period the mass options became models of good taste, functionality and technological possibilities for the growing urban spaces.

Colombian architect Rogelio Salmona has translated pragmatic and poetic concepts and intentions into physical form. These result from the architect's deep communion with and understanding of the materials and processes, as well as of the historic-cultural context in which his architectural intervention takes place. Salmona's oeuvre, including such notable examples as the Torres del Parque (1967) in Bogota, the Presidential House for Illustrious Guests (1981) in Cartagena, the Quimbaya Museum (1983) in Armenia and the National Archive of the Nation (1992) in Bogota, is without doubt one of the ...