La transformació dels edificis industrials tèxtils a Catalunya. La transformación de los edificios industriales textiles en Cataluña

Este manual está dedicado a todas las personas que se dedican al mantenimiento de edificios históricos y pretende ser una guía para facilitar la monitorización preventiva de todo el patrimonio arquitectónico de una forma asequible y generalizable. Así, siguiendo el método preventivo más adecuado a cada edificio, con el correcto análisis de todos los datos, podemos dictaminar las causas y soluciones más eficientes para los procesos patológicos que han ocasionado las lesiones manifestadas, con un menor coste. Está comúnmente aceptado que estudios adecuados mejoran el mantenimiento...

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.

Este livro revela que o design encontra-se pautado pelo binômio estética-funcionalidade. Revela que, independentemente do tamanho das divisões, os conceitos reinantes são o equilíbrio e a harmonia.

Winner of the 2020 SAMLA Studies Book Award — Edited Collection Cities both near and far communicate in a variety of ways. Travel between, through, and among urban centers initiates contact, and cities themselves are sites of ever-changing cultural and historical encounters. Predictable and surprising challenges and opportunities arise when city borders are crossed, voices meet, and artistic traditions find their counterparts. Using the Latin word for “translation,” translatio, or “to carry across,” as a point of departure, Avenues of Translation explores how translation...