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Like no other international metropolis, New York succeeds in following the latest architectural and design trends and still maintains her unmistakable face. This second edition and guide New York introduces up-to-the-minute, finished projects and buildings still under construction in and around Manhattan and features the Big Apple's most popular restaurants, shops and hotels. The guide includes addresses, a map and comprehensive index. Book jacket.

The private single family house is still very much the preferred choice of home. Yet in recent years there have been many changes not only in the personal situations of the residents, their expectations and desires, but also in the rising costs of energy and raw materials. This has meant that issues such as multi-functionalism, the use of innovative building materials or energy-efficient building methods are increasing in significance. These topical developments have been taken into consideration. The authors introduce floor plan solutions using contemporary projects which bear in mind...

A compilation of texts by Professor Julio Arroyo previously presented in different academic meetings make up the present edition centered in public spaces in contemporary cities and the architecture that is concomitant, taking as a study reference the city of Santa Fe. Public spaces are a crucial category of urban life. However, in contemporary cities inconsistencies and contradictions prevail against the ethical postulates that define them -social cohesion, democratic inclusion, free expression, symbolic representation of citizen values- and the phenomena of what is public, dissociated in...

Cuando hablamos de casas unifamiliares, sondeamos en las arquitecturas que se producen en la pequeña dimensión, en la esfera de lo íntimo, donde las leyes que rigen esas arquitecturas tienen más que ver con la relación con el habitante, el lugar o la construcción, que con los aspectos disciplinares de la profesión. Y estas relaciones se hacen patentes al casi no existir intermediación entre el arquitecto y las personas a las que va dedicado su trabajo que se establece sobre consideraciones basadas en el mutuo entendimiento. En general, identificamos a nuestros más admirados...