Diseño arquitectónico

A compilation of essays that have been written by academics and professionals; from various points of view, perspectives and theories into post-modern architecture.

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...

Historical-documental biography of architect-engineer Antonio Arróniz Topete (b. Jalisco 1858-1926), "the engineer of red bricks". The book documents his life and work, considered to be of one of the most extensive and complete elaborated at the end of the Porfirio Diaz regime and the first decades of the 20th century in the State of Jalisco. The book studies his architectural legacy, such as the Ex Seminario Mayor de Guadalajara, transformed into the XV Zona Militar and now the Secretaría de Cultura of Jalisco, the Escuela de Artes y Oficios del Espíritu Santo (demolished in 1953), the...

"Pioneros del diseño" busca explorar la figura del diseñador industrial remontándose a sus orígenes, proponiendo un recorrido a través de los diferentes movimientos y centros formativos en los que se gestó y consolidó, hasta llegar a la libertad creativa de los primeros diseñadores industriales estadounidenses. Es éste un libro que brinda la oportunidad de adentrarse en la historia de colectivos creativos como la Deutscher Werkbund, los Wiener Werkstätte, o la Bauhaus, y que a la vez incide en el papel que desempeñaron algunos de los diseñadores más relevantes en Estados Unidos...