Reconversión sustentable de edificios

Filled with pictures, sketches, and building plans, this tribute to an extraordinary Colombian architect presents 12 of his most significant projects spanning the decade before his death in October 2007. The buildings highlighted in this work include the National University of Colombia's department of humanities graduate school building, the Virgilio Barco public library in Bogotá, and Salmona's vacation home in Riofrío. Lleno de dibujos, esbozos, y planes de edificación , este tributo a un extraordinario arquitecto colombiano presenta 12 de sus proyectos más significativos desde la...

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. ...

En este libro publicado por primera vez en 1973, Christian Norberg-Schulz describe la historia de la arquitectura occidental como una historia de formas significativas. En base a esta perspectiva, que remite a la filosofia existencialista y a la fenomenologia, el autor analiza las principales etapas y los edificios mas importantes en la historia de la arquitectura, desde el antiguo Egipto hasta nuestros dias. Las construcciones de los diversos periodos culturales son descritas como una expresion de valores religiosos y filosoficos prevalentes. El analisis meticuloso del origen significativo...

Directory of the International Union of Architects, containing by-laws, ethics, competition regulations, committee meeting dates and locations, committee member listings, country member listings and a brief historical sketch of the union.