Arquitectos mexicanos III

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.

This number of the monographic series is dedicated to restoration specialist, architect and watercolor painter Villa Chávez (b. Mexico). This extensive study of Villa Chávez life and architecture is divided in 2 parts: the first reviews his academic career and his professional practice in Guadalajara and Colima. A second part reviews in detail his restoration projects, his architecture, his open space interventions and his pictorial production (watercolors and drawings). Amongst other academic contributions Villa Chávez founded the School of Architecture in the University of Colima and was ...

En una aproximación por fragmentos, que interroga las partes antes que el todo, el trabajo cuestiona los métodos convencionales de análisis y propone nuevas formas de leer y de escribir la...

La arquitectura se ha entendido normalmente como geometría y materia, abstracción dibujada y realidad tangible, pero raramente se ha valorado el papel de la energía: luz, sonido, calor, etc. en su definición. Desde la percepción ambiental y el confort hasta la constatación del valor espacial de la energía, se intentan facilitar al arquitecto los conceptos para encontrar la solución óptima de unas necesidades a menudo imprecisas. El conocimiento de los conceptos, sistemas y componentes adecuados, así como de los sistemas prácticos de evaluación, permiten entender el diseño con...