Las termitas son una plaga doméstica común que puede causar daños significativos a casas y edificios. Son pequeños insectos que se alimentan de madera y otros materiales a base de celulosa, y pueden causar daños estructurales en viviendas y edificios. En este breve libro, Cómo lidiar con las termitas, le proporcionaremos el conocimiento y las herramientas necesarias para identificar, prev…
Building with earth is ecological, sustainable and 100% recyclable. This material has been used to build houses, villages or cities since ancient times. Impressive architectures using the rammed earth building technique are created all over the world today. The ambient air quality of this building method is unsurpassed. Martin Rauch has been practising contemporary architecture using earth for …
California has historically provided a fertile breeding ground for radical modes of architectural thinking, practice and building, which from the 1920s onwards was sparked by the presence of eminent émigré architects. It was also central to the birth of 'cool' mid-century Modernism – all in parallel with the intense concentration of design and experimentation in the film, aerospace and tech…
Building with earth is ecological, sustainable and 100% recyclable. This material has been used to build houses, villages or cities since ancient times. Impressive architectures using the rammed earth building technique are created all over the world today. The ambient air quality of this building method is unsurpassed. Martin Rauch has been practising contemporary architecture using earth for …
Luis De Garrido tiene un marcado carácter renacentista, ya que desarro-lla una variada actividad profesional e investigadora, y se interesa por múlti-ples campos del saber. Entre otras cosas, es Doctor en Arquitectura, Doctor en Inteligencia Artificial, Doctor en Historia del Arte, Doctor en Neurocien-cias, Doctor Honoris Causa por la Universidad San Martín de Porres.Sus creaciones arquitect…
Robust architecture is designed to meet needs; its structures are sufficient, resilient and suited to the location. It embraces the potential of simplicity, traditional building methods and alternative ways of building sustainable architecture, with an emphasis on local building materials, solid craftsmanship, proven construction methods and user participation. Its design strategies, combined w…
Under the premise that architecture makes life ›better‹, architecture is often presented as the ›solution‹ to social problems, made ›green‹ when promising sustainable futures, or fetishised as a cultural object for the creation of urban identities. Yet, what is it exactly that links architecture so closely to the pursuit of a good life? How is this link interrelated with crisis and …
This monograph documents 21 built projects designed by Herzog & de Meuron, from the Royal College of Art in London to the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, as well as the Ricola-Kräuterzentrum in Laufen and the Prada-Shop in Tokyo. This book presents the architects' design intentions, the way they deal with traditional and innovative materials, as well as the related technological challenges. Texts …
The architect Andrea Palladio was a draughtsman and a designer, a mason and an engineer, an innovator and an image maker. His growing importance from the 16th century onwards was based on his profound expertise in architectural issues that went beyond singular tasks and situations, and beyond his particular moment in history. His way of thinking and solving architectural problems proved invalua…
Siguiendo la línea del volumen La cosa humana por excelencia. Controversias sobre la ciudad, editado por la Fundación para la Cultura Urbana en 2004, este libro recoge una selección de los artículos publicados por Marco Negrón en la prensa nacional (principalmente en Tal Cual y El Universal), en la que el autor continúa con su pertinente reflexión sobre asuntos esenciales en torno a la c…