Estética de la arquitectura

En una aproximación por fragmentos, que interroga las partes antes que el todo, el trabajo cuestiona los métodos convencionales de análisis y propone nuevas formas de leer y de escribir la...

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...

Architectural study on the religious buildings of collective character built by the Jewish community of Buenos Aires in the 19t and 20th centuries and where the synagogues are the best examples. Their choices of architectural styles or languages responded to the historic moment when these buildings were constructed and respond to the preferences of each group according to their origin or its constructors or architects. The study analyses their morphology, mostly monumental, outside the city limits, and loaded inside and outside with ornaments and visible symbols of Judaism.

94.000 caracteres 105 fotos a color 25 fotos en b/n 20 ilustraciones 85 planos arquitectónicos. Construir sobre el agua puede parecer una idea revolucionaria, compleja técnicamente y que remite a imágenes futuristas de sofisticadas estructuras anfibias. Sin embargo, estamos hablando de una de las tipologías de arquitectura vernácula más antiguas y que más se ha extendido en nuestro planeta el palafito. Se trata de una construcción sobre el agua, levantada sobre pilotes, y que abarca un amplio espectro de composiciones, desde viviendas individuales hasta complejos asentamientos de...