Forma y ciudad

Los escritores realizan un análisis de la situación de confort a nivel urbano y de VIS en la ciudad de Cali. Presentan en forma condensada la información de vientos, insolación e isotermas típicas, y determinan las islas de calor. Un examen crítico indica que la planeación urbana es deficiente en términos de sostenibilidad y confort, y que podría mejorarse potenciando microclimas reguladores de altas temperaturas, y. diseño paisajista urbano. Respecto a las VIS, muestran estadísticas y mediciones que confirman la percepción común de inconfortabilidad dándole un carácter...

Who ever said you can't have it all? This highly useful and decorative guide profiles lodgings around the world where you can enjoy the hippest of hospitality without breaking the bank. Including affordable hotels in locales as varied as Amsterdam and Cape Town, this guide makes sure your vacation fantasies can become reality.

"This study goes beyond a formal description and esthetic analysis of house design in Mexico to offer an interpretation based on the complex network of economic, social, and cultural relations. Begins with an analysis of the indigenous home and lifestyle and continues into postrevolutionary, modern, and contemporary periods of historic transition, during which a new conception of urban space developed offering greater possibilities for individual expression. Contains many b/w plates of colonial city plans, 19th-century plans and photographs, and 20th-century photographs up to the...

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.