Arquitectura biosaludable : parámetros de habitabilidad

Hospitals and health centers are a unique category of architecture with clearly defined characteristics. Health architecture must offer imaginative, constructive responses and flexible solutions to the problems raised by this special and flexible solutions to the problems raised by this special type of facility: planning, budgets and space as well as the idiosyncrasies arising from each particular field of health. New Health Facilities presents the best examples of health architecture constructed in recent years and each of the architects demonstrates a solid understanding of the need to...

Las casas urbanas tratan de que el partido arquitectónico sea compacto, buscando la mínima ocupación del terreno para dar paso al verde tan necesario, a veces son patios, alrededor de los cuales se generan cambios y puntos de atención, integradores de los ambientes, un estar al aire libre que permite que la luz invada la casa, no hay una regla fija, los patios son únicos, laterales o centrales o sucesiones de 2 ó 3 son, en definitiva, un local más pero sin techo y en algunos casos son simplemente una plaza. Jugar con las simetrías y circulaciones haciéndolas coincidir, en algunos...

The book analyses a selection of 10 houses and 14 buildings constructed in Costa Rica from 2000 to 2005 and that represent the current urban San Jose's growth trends. The domestic architecture reflects a higher purchasing power with an appreciation oh natural surroundings, the office and industrial buildings are aimed some at rescuing the historic downtown area while others were constructed in the suburban area of the city. Includes biographies of mentioned architects.

A detailed study and documentation of one of the most noted architects in Chile from the 1920s to the 1970s. The study puts his work into context of the social environment of Chile during those years. The architecture of Munizaga encompassed residential, commericial and public buildings that included theaters and multi-family dwellings.