Arquitectura sagrada

12 no es un número cualquiera, es el número de fragmentos con los que se puede comenzar a armar el retrato fracturado, fragmentado del arquitecto contemporáneo, una labor que es siempre continua y no reconoce estados de quietud, y que por el contrario exige la agilidad del trato con agentes móviles en constante evolución. La selección de las figuras a estudiar comienza en Peter Eisenman y culmina en Rem Koolhaas, polarizando la tensión latente en la discusión actual sobre la autonomía de la disciplina o el realismo de los fenómenos urbanos, y sitúa en medio a un grupo de...

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...

An analysis of the subject of the identity that has characterized historically the cultural and urban-architectonic development of the towns of Latin America, the Caribbean and Mexico.

Describes the degree and license mechanisms for the professional practice of architecture in Peru from the first courses in the 19th century through the beginning of the 20th century, with a detailed presentation of the school formation of the architects from 1910 to 1950 in the School of Engineering of the university. The book was originally the author's masters thesis and won the prize "Héctor Velarde" during the XI Bienal Nacional de Arquitectura, organized in 2004 by CAP.