La memoria en los bordes

En los últimos años, son numerosos los acuerdos, directivas y legislaciones que se han aprobado para lograr un desarrollo más sostenible de los crecimientos urbanos. Sin embargo, es preciso concretarlos desde la práctica del urbanismo y de la ordenación del territorio para que las decisiones estén bien argumentadas y sean siempre las adecuadas a cada medio (físico, ambiental, paisajístico y socioeconómico). El urbanismo bioclimático establece las claves para conseguir que las ordenaciones estén integradas en su entorno, se gestionen eficazmente los recursos y faciliten una mejor...

A Compilation of 30 Innovative Architectonic Inventions in Catalonia. The architecture produced in Catalonia has often been in the vanguard of Europe, especially since Barcelona hosted the 1992 Olympics. This book is an exciting overview of innovative spaces and techniques made in Catalonia, presenting a cross section of 'products' as well as the buildings and environments for which they were conceived. The products solve specific program requirements, new social demands, environmental needs, budget limitations and design aspirations to improve on the status quo. They are proving grounds of...

Traces the career of the turn of the century Spanish architect, shows his designs for homes, apartments, schools, and churches, and discusses his unique, organic style

"Critical study and research of the life and architecture of Urzúa (b. Mexico) who along architects Luis Barragán and Ignacio Díaz Morales started the localartistic movement known as "regionalismo" in Guadalajara. The edition is divided in 3 sections: his life, closely related to his architecture, an illustrated catalogue of his life production and acollection of facsimile copies of documents from his personal archives"--Provided by vendor.