Mies Van Der Rohe

This series is the best reference available for information on today's leading architects, and presents their work in an affordable and thoroughly illustrated format. Each book begins with an overview of the architect's style and accomplishments written by a leading architecture critic. Then, approximately twenty noteworthy works and projects are discussed by the architect and presented in detail with site plans, drawings, and black-and-white photographs.

The book is devoted to young architect Christian Wiese's architecture firm, presenting a selection of buildings that reflect international tendencies harmoniously combined with Ecuador's heritage and values. His already prolific and international well recognized practice includes technologically advanced buildings, characteristic for their clarity and transparency and unique for his masterly manipulation of interior and exterior space light interaction.

El DVD-ROM contiene los materiales fotográficos presentados en formato electrónico que acompañan al texto impreso.

Con el propósito de aportar al uso racional y sostenible del territorio, este libro aborda la confrontación del interés público y privado en la construcción de ciudad, desde enfoques teóricos y profesionales. A partir de una visión multidisciplinar, y con base en el análisis de casos de estudio españoles y costarricenses, la obra contribuye a la reflexión del problema mediante la aportación de 15 autores participantes, quienes suman a la controversia entre los derechos de la propiedad privada y el derecho al espacio público como patrimonio común, pues son la base del derecho a la ...