Aridscapes : designing in harsh and fragile lands

With the rapid developments in renewable resources over the last few years, environmentally-friendly housing is no longer the pipe-dream of a few radical architects and ecologists, it is now a firm reality. Small Eco Houses is a superbly illustrated volume that showcases the latest trends and architectural solutions for eco-housing. It also explores how research into alternative materials and new ways to apply traditional prime materials have paved the way for a whole new range of design options that mean aesthetics and comfort no longer have to be compromised to achieve sustainable...

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.

Les noms de Paul Guinard et de Marcel Durliat suffisent à prouver la tradition ancienne liant l'Université de Toulouse-le Mirail à la production artistique espagnole. En 2007, le département d'histoire de l'art de cette université, avec le soutien de la Casa de Velâzquez, a initié un cycle de trois journées d'études sur le thème des échanges artistiques entre la France et l'Espagne. Rassemblant des universitaires et des doctorants, elles ont successivement portées sur l'architecture (novembre 2007), la sculpture (mars 2009) et la peinture (mai 2010). Le présent recueil, qui...

En ocasiones, la riqueza de la arquitectura palaciega y civil del Renacimiento en Úbeda y Baeza ha diluido el extraordinario aporte histórico y estético de sus iglesias a la percepción patrimonial de ambas ciudades. Articuladoras de su trama urbana y social a lo largo del tiempo y ejes centrales de las perspectivas de sus calles y plazas, las iglesias ubetenses y baezanas son elementos imprescindibles de su patrimonio histórico y el escenario tanto de la piedad, el mecenazgo y los deseos de notoriedad de sus oligarquías, como de las devociones más arraigadas en sus gentes desde hace...