Redesigning the American dream: gender, housing and family life

Este libro se publicó originalmente en 1984, con una segunda edición, revisada y ampliada, en 2002, que es la que se presenta aquí en versión española. Dolores Hayden aborda el mito del 'sueño americano' y estudia unos modelos más satisfactorios de vivienda, trabajo y vida familiar en los Estados Unidos, así como en otros países donde el trabajo remunerado de las mujeres ha creado te…

Urbanisme et inclusionles défis de l’équité territoriale

Urbanisme et inclusion: les défis de l'équité territoriale est un ouvrage collectif réunissant des textes de diverses disciplines associées aux études urbaines (urbanisme, sociologie, géographie, etc.), issus de recherches théoriques aussi bien que d'expériences professionnelles en urbanisme, afin de cerner comment sont créées et maintenues les capacités des villes et des territoire…

Architecture's Historical TurnPhenomenology and the Rise of the Postmodern

Architecture’s Historical Turn traces the hidden history of architectural phenomenology, a movement that reflected a key turning point in the early phases of postmodernism and a legitimating source for those architects who first dared to confront history as an intellectual problem and not merely as a stylistic question. Jorge Otero-Pailos shows how architectural phenomenology radically t…

Detailing WorldsA Conceptual History of Architectural Detail

In the 21st century, the word "detail" appears constantly in discussions of building, and we use it in many different ways-yet just over 250 years ago, "detail" meant nothing at all particular to the work of architects, engineers, or builders. Detailing Worlds is the first book to examine the origins and evolution of "detail" as a concept with meanings specific to practices of building. By exp…

Demystifying informal urban design and planningInsights from Asia

With more than half of the world's population living in cities, informal settlements, or slums, continue to expand. This book explores the informality-urban design nexus, and asks why formal urban designers and planners have remained largely reluctant to address these challenges facing our cities. What distinguishes the formal vs. informal urban design paradigm? While urban designers are able t…

Los reformistas porteños

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El Refranero mexicano, su historia, contextos y textos I (siglos XVI-XIX)

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Analysis of Shanghai's Commerce - urbanistic considered

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Twentieth Century Seaside ArchitecturePools, Piers and Pleasure around Britai…

A nostalgic exploration of Britain's distinctive and architecturally significant seafront buildings from the 1920s to the new millennium. British seaside resorts enjoyed phenomenal popularity for much of the twentieth century. Told chronologically, this book is the first look at how resort architecture around the UK coast kept pace with changing fashions and the increasing competition of forei…

57 Energiespartippsfür Strom und Heizung

Ziel dieses Buches: Sie erfahren wie die Energiekosten entwickelt haben und sich der Energieverbrauch in einem Haushalt verteilt, um gezielt Maßnahmen vor zu nehmen. Dazu erhalten Sie wertvolle Tipps um Strom und Energie bei Heizung und Warmwasser ein zu sparen, ohne auf Komfort zu verzichten. Denn nicht verbrauchte Energie muss man nicht bezahlen. Teilweise sind die Tipps in der Umsetzung kos…