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Historical-documental biography of architect-engineer Antonio Arróniz Topete (b. Jalisco 1858-1926), "the engineer of red bricks". The book documents his life and work, considered to be of one of the most extensive and complete elaborated at the end of the Porfirio Diaz regime and the first decades of the 20th century in the State of Jalisco. The book studies his architectural legacy, such as the Ex Seminario Mayor de Guadalajara, transformed into the XV Zona Militar and now the Secretaría de Cultura of Jalisco, the Escuela de Artes y Oficios del Espíritu Santo (demolished in 1953), the...

This the third book of the series prepared to spread and promote Mexican residential architecture, a style that is more and more pure and bright. Mexican residential architecture has succeeded in integrating proportion, functionality, context and materials for the pleasure of the persons who create or live in these homes.

Llus Domnech i Montaner is the author of such extraordinary buildings as the Palau de la Msica, the museum of zoology and the hospital of Sant Pau. This publication gathers a collection of articles that treat the same works and present-day photographic material.

En este libro se describe la base conceptual de un nuevo paradigma ecológico en arquitectura, y un proceso de diseño capaz de lograr una arquitectura perfectamente integrada en el ecosistema. En la primera parte del libro se establece con detalle una metodología proyectual, en base a 39 indicadores ecológicos, que permite el diseño de cualquier tipo de edificio con el máximo nivel ecológico posible, y al mismo tiempo se puede utilizar como sistema de evaluación y calificación del nivel ecológico de edificios ya proyectados, o construidos. En la segunda parte del libro se analizan...