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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.

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.

Una de las experiencias arquitectónicas más interesantes es la resolución de viviendas urbanas, donde entran en juego diversos condicionantes tales como lotes estrechos, entornos que influyen por el asoleamiento y las visuales, la necesidad de conformar una lectura urbana y la recuperación de antiguas construcciones. Dentro de estas 11 casas encontramos problemáticas comunes, por ejemplo, la optimización climática, el pensamiento espacial, la economía de recursos. Éstos son aprovechados mediante distintas respuestas y procedimientos: cubiertas retráctiles que permiten captar el sol...

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...