Tiene usted en sus manos una excepcional GuÃa Histórico-ArtÃstica de las principales iglesias y conventos de Jerez de la Frontera con la que podrá adentrarse en el gran patrimonio religioso. No en vano se llamó a Jerez de la Frontera la ciudad-convento. Un estudio detallado de lo que pueden ver sus ojos en cada edificio con el que podrán valorar los principales tramos históricos, y casi …
Hannes Meyer, director de la Bauhaus de Dessau de 1928 a 1930, fue un arquitecto-urbanista-profesor cuya trayectoria profesional y vital, de fases y etapas nÃtidamente diferenciadas, estuvo marcada por el rechazo por la arquitectura arte y la búsqueda de una arquitectura cooperativa, de no autor, socialmente y polÃticamente comprometida. Un compromiso y una búsqueda que le llevaron a cambia…
Start or grow your architectural firm with this masterful guide to international practice, featuringcountry-specific information for over 185countries The Architect's Guide to Developing and Managing an International Practice is thedefinitiveresourcefor architects considering oralreadyengaged inprojects outside the United States. Offering expert guidance on every essential aspect of internati…
The essential guide to environmental control systems in building design For over 25 years Heating, Cooling, Lighting: Sustainable Design Strategies Towards Net Zero Architecture has provided architects and design professionals the knowledge and tools required to design a sustainable built environment at the schematic design stage. This Fifth Edition offers cutting-edge research in the field of…
Mediante el análisis de seis pequeñas construcciones situadas en archipiélagos arquitectónicos radicalmente distantes -el campamento de Ocatillo (F. Ll. Wright, 1929); la Caja (R. Erskine, 1942); el Cabanon (Le Corbusier, 1952); la casa cúpula en Carbondale (R. B. Fuller, 1960); el refugio en Oropesa (F. J. Sáenz de OÃza, c.1967-1977) y el pabellón de invitados en Kempsey (G. Murcutt, 1…
The Architects' Handbook provides a comprehensive range of visual and technical information covering the great majority of building types likely to be encountered by architects, designers, building surveyors and others involved in the construction industry. It is organised by building type and concentrates very much on practical examples. Including over 300 case studies, the Handbook is org…
The Industrial Revolution caused a paradigm shift from an agrarian economy to a manufacturing economy, giving birth to the industrial city. 'City' became synonymous with a concentration of factories causing unfiltered scenes between centres of production and urban dwellings. The corrupted image of the city ultimately led to the displacement and separation of production away from residential zon…
La arquitectura, para su culminación, precisa del concurso de la experiencia espacial. Desde esta base metodológica la autora se sirve del poder cognoscitivo de la mirada para ir desvelando paulatinamente, desde la dimensión trascendente de los materiales, las claves de la arquitectura contemporánea del entorno alpino de los Grisones que creÃamos conocida. A lo largo del texto se van tejie…
From BIM (building information modeling) to RFID (radio frequency identification) to BAS (building automation and control systems), facility managers of today's commercial buildings are often asked to work with a variety of technologies without any experience in IT. This new book is a welcome primer for facility managers and engineers. Each chapter covers a different technology and includes spe…
What futures are we designing by default? What collaborations are we complicit in? How can we incorporate an active civic engagement into our professional and creative practice – into our everyday lives? Esther Anatolitis presents a dynamic snapshot of her own practice from a distinctly Australian context but with a global perspective, offering tools and techniques for integrating civic engag…