La Vivienda contemporánea

Life and work of polemic architect and urbanist Meyer (b. Switzerland), one of the most important functionalists of the 1920's. The former director of the Bauhaus, he worked for the Post-Revolutionary Regimes in Mexico as the director of the Instituto del Urbanismo y Planification from 1942 through 1949, while also becoming the editor of the collective graphic workshop Taller de Grafica Popular (TGP) from 1947 to 1949. Many plates of his architectural designs and the structural diagrams Meyer used for the Bauhaus and in IUP in Mexico.

El aprendizaje que experimenta el futuro arquitecto es una versión aplicada y específica de la formación humana. Por tanto, comparte con ella que se trata de una trascendental tarea, cuyas pautas y concreciones caminan de la mano de la evolución social. En consecuencia, la enseñanza de la Arquitectura está supeditada al cambio. La innovación docente, a la que los profesores del Grado en Arquitectura del CEU llevamos tributando ya cuatro años, trasciende la implantación de modalidades de Enseñanza/Aprendizaje específicas. Se trata de toda una actitud, de la que debe siempre hacerse...

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...

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.