Nueva York minimalista

Barcelona is a city renowned for its daring design sense where all kinds of commercial spaces have been remodelled or newly created by adventurous architects and interior designers. This book focuses on a wide range of shops distinguished not only for their original architecture and innovative design but also for the uniqueness of the products they sell and for the manner in which they are displayed. ? This indispensable guide to the finest retail spaces in Barcelona is conveniently formatted to fit into any handbag, backpack, or briefcase and includes a site map for ease of use. ? Lavishly...

Located in Mexico City, Tatiana Bilbao Estudio is well known internationally for its use of traditional Mexican construction techniques, the highly sculptural effects of its buildings and its unusually collaborative approach toward each client. Founded by Tatiana Bilbao (born 1972) in 2004, its completed buildings include the Gratitude Open Chapel in La Ruta del Peregrino, Gabriel Orozco's house in Roca Blanca and the botanical garden in Culiacan. The enormous production of ideas and designs that takes place there is directed to different spaces, in which the architecture is deeply humanized. ...

La eleccion de los materiales y los elementos de construccion que se deben utilizar en una obra es una tarea cada vez mas compleja. La arquitectura ofrece una gama muy amplia de posibilidades entre las que escoger. El conocimiento de las propiedades de estos materiales es imprescindible si se quiere hacer una eleccion objetiva. Este libro analiza las propiedades tecnicas de dichos materiales (de la masa, del estado de la materia), mecanicas, reologicas y termicas, y su relacion con los fenomenos ondulatorios, aparentes, temporales y de duracion; sus costes, sus repercusiones sobre la salud y...

"Critical study and research of the life and architecture of Urzúa (b. Mexico) who along architects Luis Barragán and Ignacio Díaz Morales started the localartistic movement known as "regionalismo" in Guadalajara. The edition is divided in 3 sections: his life, closely related to his architecture, an illustrated catalogue of his life production and acollection of facsimile copies of documents from his personal archives"--Provided by vendor.

Se impone recuperar una visión más global del urbanismo sostenible; recuperar el urbanismo social, ahora que la desigualdad de nuestro mundo global se agudiza en las ciudades. Y el horizonte hacia el que dirigir la renovación del pensamiento y la acción urbanística no puede ser otro que el de los derechos humanos; el de las garantías de dignidad y felicidad con ellos relacionadas. Pues no puede existir armonía ciudadana, mejoras medioambientales ni una adecuada adaptación a las nuevas tecnologías sin ese mayor respeto (menos complaciente) a los derechos humanos de todas las personas: ...