Escritos

A biographic study of the life and work of English-born Luis Long, who arrived in Mexico in 1873 and lived in León until his death in 1927, recognized as one of the most important architects of his era.

El objetivo principal de esta obra es presentar, de forma sencilla y a la vez rigurosa, los fundamentos del calculo de estructuras, de modo que el lector que emprenda el estudio de dicha disciplina pueda ir avanzando paso a paso en el conocimiento de la misma y al final posea unos conocimientos solidos e imprescindibles. El libro se inicia con una presentacion general de la elasticidad, como medio para introducir con amplitud y profundidad una serie de conceptos que seran de uso frecuente en todo su desarrollo. Posteriormente se aborda el estudio de la pieza elastica, de las ecuaciones 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...

London is famous for Big Ben; Paris for the Eiffel Tower; Rome for the Colosseum. Barcelona, on the other hand, is not identified by one or two famous buildings as these other European cities, but rather by an entire movement of turn-of-the-century architecture known simply as Modernisme. Familiar to Americans as art nouveau, its most famous practitioner was the artist and architect Antoni Gaudi. But the city is filled with superb examples of art nouveau in vivid color in Barcelona Art Nouveau. This book offers a tour of 46 houses, public buildings, and monuments in the art-nouveau style,...