Haciendas y estancias en América Latina

In the immediate postwar years, a new type of modern architecture emerges. Beatriz Colomina presents domesticity as a potent new weapon in a changed architectural battlefield. This architecture becomes the property of the middle-class consumer bombarded with images of domestic bliss, a lifestyle campaign launched through recycled military techniques. The significance of architects like Charles and Ray Eames lies in their sensitivity to buildings and images both defining space. Colomina is Director of Princeton University's Architecture PhD program and acclaimed author of Privacy and Publicity ...

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...

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.

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.