Arquitectura moderna en Misiones, Argentina (1940-1965)

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...

Este meritorio y calificado libro es una valiosa herramienta conceptual y educativa, cargada de significación; es comprensible, legible, estimulante y tonificante.Despliegan en él una inteligencia analítica, creativa y práctica. Transmiten ideas, meditan, interpretan, opinan y nos hacen pensar y reflexionar. Plantean propuestas con un criterio pragmático y constructivo, dentro de las condiciones contextuales de nuestro país, para resolver problemas de diversa índole acerca de la situación habitacional de los Adultos Mayores en la Argentina.Analizan la accesibilidad a las...

The expert contributors to this lavishly illustrated volume, devoted entirely to Mies van der Rohe's Barcelona Pavilion of 1929, address here for the first time the forgotten contexts of the Pavilion's genesis. Habitually thought of as an abstract, unpolluted, and splendidly isolated building--a precursor of Mies's American period--the Pavilion is revealed here as a thoroughly European work, perhaps less pristine but more authentic. Mies and Lilly Reich were commissioned to design not only the Pavilion but also more than one hundred thousand square feet of German stands spread throughout the...

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...