Grillas RacionalesLa búsqueda de la transparencia en la arquitectura moderna

Este libro analiza las obras del Movimiento Moderno acentuando la búsqueda de la transparencia como un hecho que las une, a través de la expresión de la fachada de la estructura, en forma de retículo, analizando sus principios, transformaciones y su vigencia en distintos contextos, en especial el de Chile. La presente publicación nace a partir de una tesis doctoral en "Composición arquite…

Lean ArchitectureExcellence in Project Delivery

Apply lean principles to your next architectural project and improve your bottom line with the help of this practical volume Lean Architecture: Excellence in Project Delivery shows readers a path to improve their project delivery via the application of lean concepts and process management. Authors Michael Czap and Gregory Buchanan challenge readers to reexamine their approach to architectural…

La arquitectura moderna en LatinoaméricaAntologia de autores, obras y textos

Este libro versa sobre la arquitectura moderna que se construyó en Latinoamérica entre las décadas de 1930 y 1960, y sobre el pensamiento que la sustentó. Es una 'antología de autores'. Del mexicano Juan O'Gorman al chileno Alberto Cruz, la selección abarca a los ya 'clásicos modernos': Lúcio Costa, Oscar Niemeyer, Carlos Raúl Villanueva y Luis Barragán. Se trata, además, de una 'ant…

Territorio, planeación y políticas públicasVariaciones sobre un trinomio i…

Territorio, planeación y políticas públicas: variaciones sobre un trinomio imperfecto trata sobre el tema de las intrincadas relaciones de este trinomio imperfecto, para responder a la pregunta del profesor Jérôme Monnet, geógrafo y urbanista inspirador del libro, de en qué medida el territorio es un medio o un producto de la acción pública. Para esto, cada autor plantea el problema y …

Der Waldfeldbau mit besonderer Rücksicht auf das Großherzogthum Hessen

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Automatic ArchitectureMotivating Form after Modernism

In the 1960s and '70s, architects, influenced by recent developments in computing and the rise of structuralist and poststructuralist thinking, began to radically rethink how architecture could be created. Though various new approaches gained favor, they had one thing in common: they advocated moving away from the traditional reliance on an individual architect's knowledge and instincts and tow…

A Cleveland LegacyThe Architecture of Walker and Weeks

Published in cooperation with Western Reserve Historical Society > "Walker and Weeks was the most influential architectural firm in Ohio during the first half of the twentieth century. It transformed the image of Cleveland from that of an overgrown Victorian village into one of a progressive city that became a model of the classical aesthetic ideal. Outside Cleveland, too, the firm established…

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Natchez, Symbol of the Old South

Natchez derives its name from the sun-worshiping Indian tribe, the Natchez, who were the original owners of the area on which the city is located. It is situated in Adams county, in the southwestern part of the state of Mississippi, on bluffs 200 feet high overlooking the Mississippi River, and is midway between Memphis and New Orleans. It is accessible by railway, steamboat, motor highway and …

The Civilian Conservation Corps and the Construction of the Virginia Kendall …

How the Civilian Conservation Corps transformed our understanding of nature In the spring of 1933, the United States was in the midst of the worst economic calamity it had ever experienced. Newly inaugurated president Franklin D. Roosevelt asked Congress to approve funding allowing legions of out-of-work young men to find employment reclaiming and developing the nation's natural spaces. The …