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200 colour photos and plans ”One of a series of authoritative pocket guides introduced only last fall, the Paris and : guide provides tourists and professionals alike with an overview of new and notable architecture and interior design in "the city of light." More than sixty buildings-governmental and residential, commercial and religious-by renowned architects such as Mario Botta, Jean Nouvel, Renzo Piano, Tadao Ando and I. M. Pei to name a few, are profiled and accompanied by color photographs. Easy to use and attractively designed with flexi covers, these CD-sized gems will be a...

Imprescindible transformar los inmuebles existentes, buscando su armonía con el clima, confort y calidad de vida para el usuario reduciendo gasto de servicios. Con ejemplo Edificio M16, intervenido bioclimáticamente con certificación LEED Platino.

As part of the celebration of the Symposium "Shell and Spatial Structures: New Materials and Technologies, New Designs and Innovations -- A Sustainable Approach to Architectural and Structural Design" of the International Association of Special Structures (IASS-SLTE) held October 23-31, 2008 in Acapulco, the Faculty of Architecture of the UNAM developed 3 projects specifically for the occasion: 1) An exhibition of representative scale models of the "golden age" (1950-1975) of the construction of reinforced concrete shells in Mexico; 2) A documentary featuring the characteristics and evolution ...

David Bestué recupera en este libro un formato totalmente desacreditado en la actualidad, el de las “Historias Nacionales de Arquitectura”. Su texto imita el tono didáctico de esta literatura, con sus etapas bien definidas y su desarrollo lineal. Sin embargo, usa este lenguaje de forma irónica al subvertir los lugares comunes de la historiografía, creando un recorrido poco ortodoxo, recuperando ideas olvidadas y revisando algunos tópicos que se repiten incansablemente en los manuales. Es un trabajo que busca entender cómo se ha dibujado el paisaje que nos rodea. Una lectura fresca y ...