Louis I. Kahn

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...

La aparente contradicción entre las palabras proyectar e incertidumbre revela la tensión conceptual que caracteriza a estas páginas. De un lado, proyectar es un trabajo de previsión y anticipación, cuyo objetivo es la construcción de un edificio que está pensado para permanecer a lo largo del tiempo. Por otro lado, la incertidumbre apela a la imposibilidad de prever, a la falta de certezas y a lo inesperado. La necesidad de búsqueda de un acuerdo entre estos dos objetivos irresolubles, define la intencionalidad y el marco discursivo del libro, situando la ambivalencia como el término ...

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.

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...