Sagrada Familia s. XXI

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...

Este libro compila aspectos teoricos y practicos de las tipologias estructurales que han adquirido un importante desarrollo en los ultimos anos y que permiten alcanzar verdaderos desafios en la construccion de cubiertas livianas de luces importantes. Los contenidos estan organizados a partir de los conceptos basicos que se aplican al diseno y concepcion de estas estructuras; ilustrando, desde su origen, la trayectoria y evolucion de tipos estructurales hacia estas nuevas busquedas en construcciones de alta eficiencia. A las descripciones de obras internacionales significativas y emblematicas, ...

The present edition publishes part of the research papers presented during the "Seminario de Investigación Arquitectura para la Producción" organized by the university of Michoacán between 2001 and 2002 that included the participation of national and international academics. The book gathers 23 collective and individual multidisciplinary works that examine from various perspectives the history of architecture in rural areas. Works are mainly focused in the colonial territory of the ex-bishopry of Michoacán divided in 4 main topics: Space, settlements, technology and environment and...

La actualidad e interés de cuanto este libro plantea quedaría demostrada con solo llevar a cabo una visión retrospectiva de algunos aspectos del desarrollo de la restauración en nuestro país.