Arquitectura y urbanismo en Iberoamérica

A major critical study by noted architect and researcher Ramón Gutiérrez on the different phases of the history and evolution of the architectural patrimony of Paraguay spanning from primitive and colonial times to present days. The book includes a large collection of period photographs and color reproductions of the watercolors of the city of Asuncion done between 1855 and 1856 by French traveler Francisco Vincent of colonial and old Asuncion that graphically document how the original urban profile of Asunción has paid the tribute of the urban development and progress sacrificing its most ...

This book revolves around the drawings and scale models especially selected by architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha, who was conferred the degree of Doctorate Honoris Causa by the Universidad Nacional del Litoral in 2009. The personal selection done by PMdR resulted in a publishing project that included the participation of a group of academics from Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina convened so that, by means of short texts, freely elaborated their perspective on those drawings. The book is, therefore, the result of a collective work whose purpose is to think the architecture from its most common...

This book provides succinct guidance on the management of the maintenance of construction plant, bringing together information which is only currently found dispersed amongst other publications. Topics covered include: costs of maintenance; condition-based monitoring techniques; root cause failure analysis; health and safety; electronic documentation and record keeping; and directions for future research. Where appropriate, standard charts and reports - which can be adapted and used by the reader - are included. Chapters include: introduction to construction plant; the need to maintain...

Este proyecto intenta recuperar, de primera mano, algunas de las experiencias más importantes del Diseño Industrial en Argentina. Fueron invitados a contarlas a quienes las realizaron y creo servirá para demostrar aquello que el diseño lo hacen los diseñadores. Por eso no todos los productos son diseños, pero todos los diseños deben ser productos. Elegí a seis amigos profesionales y les pedí que relataran sus experiencias puntuales. Así aparece Mario Mariño los Joselevich Julio Álvarez; Eduardo Naso; Roberto Napoli y Juan D ́Alessandro y me agregué con mi experiencia en Visiva...

La producción de vivienda formal implica no solo temas de economía urbana, paisaje de la ciudad, calidad de la estructura, ordenamiento del suelo o dinámica de los mercados inmobiliarios, temas tratados en este libro, sino que condensa la preocupación de todo colombiano hoy en día de tener un techo sobre la cabeza. Los casos de Bogotá y Barranquilla sirven para entender la cuestión en Colombia y proponen un entendimiento de la vida urbana y metropolitana más allá de las reducciones a movimientos de precios. La complejidad provoca un encuentro interdisciplinario para aproximarse a la...