La Vivienda contemporánea

Em Acupuntura urbana, Jaime Lerner mostra que o planejamento é um projeto, que por melhor que seja não consegue gerar transformações imediatas. Quase sempre é uma centelha que inicia uma ação e a subseqüente propagação desta ação. É o que Lerner chama de uma boa acupuntura. Uma verdadeira acupuntura urbana.

El objetivo principal de esta obra es presentar, de forma sencilla y a la vez rigurosa, los fundamentos del calculo de estructuras, de modo que el lector que emprenda el estudio de dicha disciplina pueda ir avanzando paso a paso en el conocimiento de la misma y al final posea unos conocimientos solidos e imprescindibles. El libro se inicia con una presentacion general de la elasticidad, como medio para introducir con amplitud y profundidad una serie de conceptos que seran de uso frecuente en todo su desarrollo. Posteriormente se aborda el estudio de la pieza elastica, de las ecuaciones de...

Located in Mexico City, Tatiana Bilbao Estudio is well known internationally for its use of traditional Mexican construction techniques, the highly sculptural effects of its buildings and its unusually collaborative approach toward each client. Founded by Tatiana Bilbao (born 1972) in 2004, its completed buildings include the Gratitude Open Chapel in La Ruta del Peregrino, Gabriel Orozco's house in Roca Blanca and the botanical garden in Culiacan. The enormous production of ideas and designs that takes place there is directed to different spaces, in which the architecture is deeply humanized. ...

In the nineties, the modern orthodoxy has stopped imposing its criteria. At a time when there are as many architectural philosophies as architects, this volume offers us some answers to the common question of where present-day architecture is going. This view of the current world of architecture is presented through analysis of the projects of the most recognized and respected architects, but also the most innovative ones and those of the new generations.