La Existencia, el Lugar y la Arquitectura

Llus Domnech i Montaner is the author of such extraordinary buildings as the Palau de la Msica, the museum of zoology and the hospital of Sant Pau. This publication gathers a collection of articles that treat the same works and present-day photographic material.

The book is an historic and graphical account of the patios of "vecindad" (neighbourhood) in the port city of Veracruz, in a period that goes from the end of the 19th century to the beginning of the 21st century. The foreword of this edition, states that the first record of a patio of a "vecindad" dates back to 1791, highlighting that those patios have seen the early years of musician and singer "Toña la Negra" and were the place of origin of the famous "picadas" from Veracruz, one of the most popular snacks of the jarocha traditional cuisine.

"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...

La Unión Europea (UE) mediante EU Green Deal tiene como objetivo, para el año 2050, alcanzar una economía limpia, con cero emisiones. El sector de la edificación en la UE representa más del 40 % del consumo medio de la energía final, por lo que el fomento de la eficiencia energética en los edificios constituye una parte importante del conjunto de políticas y medidas necesarias para cumplir el EU Green Deal.;La Directiva 2010/31/UE del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo define edificio de consumo de energía casi nulo (nZEB) como un edificio con un nivel de eficiencia energética muy...