Práctica arquitectónica II

The expert contributors to this lavishly illustrated volume, devoted entirely to Mies van der Rohe's Barcelona Pavilion of 1929, address here for the first time the forgotten contexts of the Pavilion's genesis. Habitually thought of as an abstract, unpolluted, and splendidly isolated building--a precursor of Mies's American period--the Pavilion is revealed here as a thoroughly European work, perhaps less pristine but more authentic. Mies and Lilly Reich were commissioned to design not only the Pavilion but also more than one hundred thousand square feet of German stands spread throughout the...

El estudio del confort de las circulaciones peatonales en los litorales costeros es un tema de vital importancia, donde el viandante tiene el contacto con la naturaleza, se puede relajar y disfrutar el aire libre. Este libro presenta la evolución histórica de las sendas a través del tiempo, nos proporciona los pasos a seguir para estudiar bioclimáticamente los elementos que la componen en un clima templado como el de Barcelona; selecciona las tipologías y las caracteriza de acuerdo a sus límites verticales y horizontales; describe como el viento, la radiación solar, la humedad y la...

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 the resulting papers from the Seminars of Latin American Architecture (SAL) organized by CEDODAL as an example of academic cooperation between Latin American architects who share their concern for the conservation of the region's architectural patrimony. This edition comprises case studies and historical, economic, social and architectural analysis of the farms and landowners of the haciendas and estancias from 7 countries of Latin America: Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, México, Perú and Puerto Rico.