Arquitectura y ciudad

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...

Architectural guide to the city of Guadalajara, with a selection of close to 300 buildings representative of all time periods. The guide is divided in 3 sections: the first, the largest and medullar part of the book is the presentation of the buildings; a second section is an inventory of buildings important in the history of the city but now disappeared, and a third section includes location maps with recommended itineraries and routes. Each entry includes the name, date and brief history of the building and the name of the architect.

Este estudio inserta la vida y obra de Juan de Naveda en el contexto de la arquitectura castellana de la primera mitad del siglo XVII.

ensayos que componen este libro, proponen un vinculo entre la imaginacion y la arquitectura, a traves de relatos, descripciones y fantasias acerca de espacios que surgieron a partir de esa capacidad humana temporal y utopica que nos permite prefigurar el acto creativo: la imaginacion. Pero la imaginacion es mucho mas que una facultad del ser humano, es un proceso superior complejo que permite trascender nuestra condicion humana y posibilita superar las fronteras del mundo fisico e incluso del mundo incorporeo, que desde la Ilustracion -en el contexto de Occidente- quedo reducido al...