Cultura, arquitectura y diseño

This volume focusses on the mosaics and geometric designs from Ecija, the ancient Roman Astigi, the capital of the Conventus Astigitanus, which is one of four conventus iuridici that made the Roman Baetica. This work is part of a much larger study centered recently on the mosaics and the geometrical compositions of the Conventus Astgitanus, whose immediate objective pursued to cover the analysis of the musivaria of the whole of Baetica.In conjunction with the mosaics catalogue, this volume presents a catalogue of geometric designs, which are results of studies of different fields that make up ...

As part of the celebration of the Symposium "Shell and Spatial Structures: New Materials and Technologies, New Designs and Innovations -- A Sustainable Approach to Architectural and Structural Design" of the International Association of Special Structures (IASS-SLTE) held October 23-31, 2008 in Acapulco, the Faculty of Architecture of the UNAM developed 3 projects specifically for the occasion: 1) An exhibition of representative scale models of the "golden age" (1950-1975) of the construction of reinforced concrete shells in Mexico; 2) A documentary featuring the characteristics and evolution ...

Es como un abanico que se abre desde el impulso narrativo y muestra en sus repliegues parques, caminos, calles emblemáticas y viajes que conectan desde La Plata (con sus vecinos Necochea y Juárez en Argentina) hasta Bogotá, Cartagena y Barranquilla y todas entre sí. La propuesta de Pérgolis consiste en partir de los recuerdos sobre las ciudades. De ahí que este libro sea un relato largo o un encuentro de relatos sobre la ciudad a través de la práctica académica y de la experiencia de vivir en la ciudad. En el campo disciplinar esta apuesta se convalida con lo propuesto enLeer y...

This volume records the stunning architecture of the pharaohs ranging from 3,000 B.C. to the Egyptian style of today. It takes readers from the Sudan to the Mediterranean, and from simple clay brick buildings to monumental pyramids. Recent research and evocative pictures create a new view of the oldest architecture in the world - a very special kind of journey through Egypt.