Situaciones resume parte del trabajo desarrollado por la oficina de arquitectura y diseño República Portátil entre los años 2003 y 2018. Las siete obras que forman parte de este libro son definidas como cuerpos "débiles", temporales; instalaciones de diferentes escalas que se posicionan en el espacio público para interactuar e intervenir en el cotidiano urbano. Concepción, Arauco, Valpar…
Un paseo por el Nilo en barca, una travesía hasta el Valle de los Reyes para admirar las pirámides, un visita al templo de Isis en Dendera, la majestuosa visión de las tumbas de los reyes Amenofis I y Tutmosis I, la contemplación del templo de Abu Simbel, el asombroso que producen los colosos de Memnon… Todo esto y mucho más es lo que ofrece este libro al lector que desea conocer la hist…
Hace ya casi cien años, una fastuosa edificación da la bienvenida a nuestra ciudad desde muy cerca de la Bahía de La Habana. El antiguo Palacio Presidencial, hoy Museo de la Revolución, ha sido testigo de relevantes acontecimientos de la vida política, social y cultural cubana desde los tiempos republicanos, hasta los de intensas transformaciones revolucionarias a partir de 1959. La histor…
The theatre at Kalydon in Aitolia – known only since a few decades – has already attracted a lot of attention due to its square orchestra and rectilinear benches for seating. The Danish-Greek collaborative project responsible for investigating the theatre presents in this two-volume publication results of the excavation and documentation, including all finds such as tile, pottery, metals an…
The postcards in this collection reflect a hidden past of California that exists now only on the page. From college gates at Stanford destroyed by the 1906 earthquake and hotels in Catalina, Santa Barbara, and Oakland ravaged by fire to giant redwoods on the coast felled by storms and much of downtown Los Angeles razed in the name of the progress, California's landscape has changed dramatically…
The Complete Guide to Safe, Durable, and Beautiful Cob Buildings Part of the Sustainable Building Essentials series, Essential Cob Construction delivers the most up-to-date design, engineering, and building guidance for one of the world's most enduring and expressive natural materials: cob. Learn how to build structurally sound, comfortable, low-carbon homes using clay, sand, and strawwith full…
This book brings together Kenneth Frampton's essays from the 1960s to today which epitomize his reflections on the historical–theoretical entanglements of architecture with place, the public realm, cultural identity, urban landscape and environment, and the political question of the "predicament" of architecture in the new Millennium. The essays explore Frampton's contention that architecture…
Climate change, extreme weather conditions, the degradation of biodiversity, CO2 and fine-dust pollution in cities demand action. How can architecture make a contribution to achieving a paradigm shift? Can architecture not only be designed to be removable and recyclable, but to be additionally green as well? Can architecture also be an ecological system? What is blue-green architecture? Archite…
Los textos de este libro van entre los años 1965 y 1979, ellos dan cuenta de un conjunto de preocupaciones desarrolladas en el seno de la Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo de la Universidad de Chile (FAU) sobre distintas materias habitacionales.