Análisis de estructuras

"This study goes beyond a formal description and esthetic analysis of house design in Mexico to offer an interpretation based on the complex network of economic, social, and cultural relations. Begins with an analysis of the indigenous home and lifestyle and continues into postrevolutionary, modern, and contemporary periods of historic transition, during which a new conception of urban space developed offering greater possibilities for individual expression. Contains many b/w plates of colonial city plans, 19th-century plans and photographs, and 20th-century photographs up to the...

A major critical study by noted architect and researcher Ramón Gutiérrez on the different phases of the history and evolution of the architectural patrimony of Paraguay spanning from primitive and colonial times to present days. The book includes a large collection of period photographs and color reproductions of the watercolors of the city of Asuncion done between 1855 and 1856 by French traveler Francisco Vincent of colonial and old Asuncion that graphically document how the original urban profile of Asunción has paid the tribute of the urban development and progress sacrificing its most ...

This series was the winner of the American Institute of Architects' prestigious "Award for Excellence in International Book Publishing". Each volume in this series is introduced with an essay on the architect, and a chronological or stylistic presentation of their most outstanding buildings and projects. No other series provides such a complete and concise summary of the world's leading architects' works. The volumes are fully illustrated in black-and-white with photos and project renderings.

Este libro es el resultado de varios años de docencia en la Facultad de Arquitectura, Diseño y Urbanismo (FADU) de la Universidad de Buenos Aires, dedicados a la enseñanza de las distintas ramas de la Física que tienen relación con el quehacer arquitectónico y el diseño. Pero todo libro es una síntesis de largos años de estudio, investigación y numerosas experiencias enseñando y aprendiendo, lo que luego se condensará en una reducida cantidad de hojas. Y al margen de la vocación de escribir, suele haber algún disparador que genera la idea de abocarse a un tema en particular, por ...