Jorge Gutiérrez Duque

This volume records the stunning architecture of the pharaohs ranging from 3,000 B.C. to the Egyptian style of today. It takes readers from the Sudan to the Mediterranean, and from simple clay brick buildings to monumental pyramids. Recent research and evocative pictures create a new view of the oldest architecture in the world - a very special kind of journey through Egypt.

This new monograph presents the architecture of Richard Holzer, whose long and productive career has shaped the urban fabric of Panama. He is the architect behind many Panamanian landmarks including the Avesa Building, the Continental Hotel, the Credicor

Este libro pretende establecer las pautas para el ecodiseño de los edificios, presentando el estándar de casas pasivas, como primer paso para obtener edificios de bajo consumo energético, explicando asimismo la metodología de análisis de ciclo de vida y los esquemas de certificación ambiental como herramientas fundamentales para conseguir un diseño respetuoso con el medioambiente. Por último, se exponen los principios básicos y las técnicas más habituales de la bioconstrucción

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.