Casas de la vieja Cuba

This comprehensive round-up features the many door and window types available today, including the most recent technical advances and design trends, with a focus on innovative materials, styles and shapes.

The subject of this artist's sketchbook is an artistic and environmental project that was inaugurated by Cristina Iglesias on November 6, 2010. It concerns an underwater labyrinth, consisting of three submerged rooms built in cement, in the waters off the Espiritu Santo Island in Baja California's Candelero Bay. This house will slowly be inhabited by life. The project was promoted by the Fundación Mexicana para la Educación Ambiental A.C. (Fundea), in collaboration with the marine biologists and conservationists of the La Paz Coasts and The San Diego Oceanography Institute. This portfolio...

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...

Con más de 280 entradas, Arquitectura Moderna de la A a la Z de nuestra serie Bibliotheca Universalis ofrece una inestimable visión general de las figuras clave en la creación del espacio moderno. Presenta a los arquitectos pioneros del siglo XIX y XX con un retrato, una breve biografía y una descripción de sus obras más importantes. Como si de un viaje a medida para conocer la arquitectura de todo el mundo se tratase, descubrirá los rascacielos de Manhattan, una sala de conciertos japonesa, el Palau Güell de Gaudí en Barcelona o el centro de ocio y deporte de Lina Bo Bardi en una...