New generation houses

Este libro analiza el legado de esta corriente en la arquitectura neoyorquina realizada durante los primeros años del siglo XXI y muestra una cuidada selección de proyectos acompañados de un cuestionario dirigido a sus creadores, que reflejan en sus respuestas el espíritu de la arquitectura de la ciudad.

Features a selection examining houses that have broken away from the past and that define today's innovation and tomorrow's classicism. The book does not aim to convert these houses into prototypes to follow; they are included because they reflect the peculiarities of their era, sites and owners.

Este libro ahonda en una época definitiva en la vida de Rogelio Salmona. Testimonios, documentos de archivo e imágenes complementan e ilustran los hechos más relevantes ocurridos en la etapa previa a su ejercicio profesional en Colombia y anticipan su consecuente postura y los planteamientos de su arquitectura y de su idea de ciudad. En conversación con el arquitecto, recupera experiencias tempranas en las que se ponen de relieve el papel desempeñado por Pierre Francastel y el impacto de sus cursos en la Sorbona, así como de los viajes de estudio. Estas experiencias se concretaron en la ...

Learn the standards of effective design and installation for building systems using the performance requirements set by the industry-leading source for standards: the International Code Council?. Now available in Spanish to recognize an increasingly diverse workforce, the 2003 International Building Code - Spanish Edition offers users comprehensive coverage and time-tested safety concepts so they are well-prepared for successful, safe work in the field. In addition, structural as well as fire- and life-safety provisions are also included and span a range of topics, including means of egress,...

200 colour photos and plans ”One of a series of authoritative pocket guides introduced only last fall, the Paris and : guide provides tourists and professionals alike with an overview of new and notable architecture and interior design in "the city of light." More than sixty buildings-governmental and residential, commercial and religious-by renowned architects such as Mario Botta, Jean Nouvel, Renzo Piano, Tadao Ando and I. M. Pei to name a few, are profiled and accompanied by color photographs. Easy to use and attractively designed with flexi covers, these CD-sized gems will be a...