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Reciclaje de la arquitectura en centros de ciudad analiza, por medio de estudios de caso, el potencial que tienen variados proyectos arquitectónicos en Colombia al trabajar de esta manera tendencias como la reutilización de materiales, que sigue ganando espacio y relevancia en la industria de la arquitectura y la construcción. En el texto se estudia esta práctica en lugares tan variados como un monasterio o una vivienda, localizados en los centros históricos y convertidos por azar del destino en hoteles que impactan de manera grata las ciudades al favorecer una dinámica para el turismo...

Life and work of polemic architect and urbanist Meyer (b. Switzerland), one of the most important functionalists of the 1920's. The former director of the Bauhaus, he worked for the Post-Revolutionary Regimes in Mexico as the director of the Instituto del Urbanismo y Planification from 1942 through 1949, while also becoming the editor of the collective graphic workshop Taller de Grafica Popular (TGP) from 1947 to 1949. Many plates of his architectural designs and the structural diagrams Meyer used for the Bauhaus and in IUP in Mexico.

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 collection of writings by Enrique Yañez to mark the twentieth anniversary of his death. The text presents an approach to life and observations of the architect, covering the fields of architecture, its social function, urbanism, society and culture.