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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...

A study of Bogota viewed as a museum (outside of the traditional museum). This work offers a critical look at modern city through a series of tours through downtown Bogotá, specifically on Seventh Avenue between Calles 11 and 16 that was transformed from Bogotazo through an urban renewal project. It turned the area into a paradigm of what should be a modern Bogotá. The book discusses the aesthetic character of its architecture, the connections between traditional museums, and reaffirmed the principles of order and functionality of the modern movement and led to rules that have sought...

Breve Historia de la Mitología Sumeria invita al lector a adentrarse en el mundo mesopotámico a través de los mitos que dieron lugar a una de las culturas más impresionantes del mundo oriental y que puso las bases de las diferentes civilizaciones. Esta obra recoge cómo la sociedad sumeria y en su defecto, la mesopotámica, basaba sus comportamientos en los mitos, ya que en su origen, los dioses sumerios crearon a los humanos para servirlos. A través de estos mitos, se fue creando una cultura y una sociedad única que fue la base de las diferentes culturas de su entorno. Es por ello, que ...

El relato que se presenta trata de unir los acontecimientos documentados con la historia de la comunidad que habitó Baños de la Encina desde su reconquista por Fernando III hasta su independización del Concejo de Baeza en 1626.