Mario Botta/Spanish/English

Interest in living off the grid, i.e. self-sufficiently without relying on public services such as the municipal water supply, electricity, or local sewage and gas systems, has come on the scene as a greener, cheaper, and more independent way of life. Homes that are off-grid generally allow for a smaller carbon footprint, and a sense of freedom and self-sufficiency. Living Off-Grid sets you free from depending on a company, either using solar panels, wind turbines, a micro water system, or a combination of these technologies. Other times, an Off-Grid system can work as an energy backup or be...

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...

Desde las fortalezas, iglesias o palacios que con sus recios muros de piedra conchífera comformaron la ciudad colonial, hasta las últimas construcciones en hormigón armado, esta guía presenta una selección del urbanismo y arquitectura de La Habana: 252 ejemplos-plazas, paseos, conjuntos urbanos y edificios-descritos con fotografías, planos y reseñas textuales.

This series is the best reference available for information on today's leading architects, and presents their work in an affordable and thoroughly illustrated format. Each book begins with an overview of the architect's style and accomplishments written by a leading architecture critic. Then, approximately twenty noteworthy works and projects are discussed by the architect and presented in detail with site plans, drawings, and black-and-white photographs.