Arquitectura y paisaje

Análisis de los proyectos para dotar al puerto de Almería de instalaciones y servicios y de las transformaciones urbanas del frente marítimo en el periodo de estudio (1800-1950). En esos años, la arquitectura que se emplea en el puerto es significativamente abundante en proyectos frustrados y escasísima en realizaciones. Son de destacar, de lo poco construido, las estructuras de hierro de los tinglados y cobertizos, con el acierto formal para la imagen del puerto de elegir la cubierta en bóveda rebajada desde 1880, manteniéndola en las sucesivas ampliaciones. Y, de los proyectos...

The present edition publishes part of the research papers presented during the "Seminario de Investigación Arquitectura para la Producción" organized by the university of Michoacán between 2001 and 2002 that included the participation of national and international academics. The book gathers 23 collective and individual multidisciplinary works that examine from various perspectives the history of architecture in rural areas. Works are mainly focused in the colonial territory of the ex-bishopry of Michoacán divided in 4 main topics: Space, settlements, technology and environment and...

This volume focusses on the mosaics and geometric designs from Ecija, the ancient Roman Astigi, the capital of the Conventus Astigitanus, which is one of four conventus iuridici that made the Roman Baetica. This work is part of a much larger study centered recently on the mosaics and the geometrical compositions of the Conventus Astgitanus, whose immediate objective pursued to cover the analysis of the musivaria of the whole of Baetica.In conjunction with the mosaics catalogue, this volume presents a catalogue of geometric designs, which are results of studies of different fields that make up ...

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.