"Demolición: el agujero negro de la modernidad" propone una nueva lectura sobre la demolición o abandono vs. la conservación y reestructuración de proyectos de vivienda social con el objeto de mejorar los planes de intervención sobre entornos complejos. Complejos, porque involucran una problema 'tica de fondo que va más allá´ de la arquitectura, y tiene que ver con sesgos raciales, soci…
Provides a "real-world" perspective on the preparation of construction documents. * Highly visual book with extensive drawings and details. * Essential reference for NCIDQ examination.
Tiny Taxonomy offers a visually engaging collection of images and texts drawn from a series of contemporary garden installations, which highlight the role of individual plants in landscape architecture. Tiny Taxonomy showcases species that are in cultivation or in profusion, but rarely purposefully planted. A grouping of plants is categorized by common traits derived from an evolution towards f…
Positive energy homes enable people to live healthy and comfortable lives with energy left over to share. Creating a house you love that produces surplus energy is surprisingly easy with a thorough understanding of how buildings work and careful attention to detail in construction. The Passive House standard, with its well-proven track record, forms the basis for creating positive energy homes…
Rosemary Wakeman's original survey text comprehensively explores modern European urban history from 1815 to the present day. It provides a journey to cities and towns across the continent, in search of the patterns of development that have shaped the urban landscape as indelibly European. The focus is on the built environment, the social and cultural transformations that mark the patterns of co…
Este libro los lectores encontrarán una guía de alto valor empírico y conceptual para emprender sus propios proyectos de investigación y discusión acerca de la planificación y ordenamiento territorial en Colombia. El desarrollo sostenible, el urbanismo social y los proyectos urbanos integrales forman parte del paradigma de los gobiernos locales para intervenir el territorio con fines soci…
The Visual Dictionary of Architecture is a comprehensive guide to the numerous terms associated with, and used within, the field of architecture. Over 250 architectural terms are explained and contextualised in this handy text, with concise definitions accompanied by illustrations and examples taken from historical and contemporary architecture. The dictionary covers traditional terms still in …
Updated edition of the comprehensive rulebook to the specifier's craft With this latest update, Construction Specifications Writing, Sixth Edition continues to claim distinction as the foremost text on construction specifications. This mainstay in the field offers comprehensive, practical, and professional guidance to understanding the purposes and processes for preparation of construction spe…
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