Lecture (Spanish)

High-end hotels have always been the setting for style and fantasy, a venue to see and be seen. This volume explores a relatively new trend, where major fashion houses take over the running of upscale hostelries. With every detail coordinated, from bed linens, to d????cor, china and glassware, the overall effect is of a chic jewel box, where every piece shines. We get a peek at glamorous hotels conceived and run with flair, by major fashion players like Bulgari, Christian Lacroix, Ferragamo, and Versace.

Learn the standards of effective design and installation for building systems using the performance requirements set by the industry-leading source for standards: the International Code Council?. Now available in Spanish to recognize an increasingly diverse workforce, the 2003 International Building Code - Spanish Edition offers users comprehensive coverage and time-tested safety concepts so they are well-prepared for successful, safe work in the field. In addition, structural as well as fire- and life-safety provisions are also included and span a range of topics, including means of egress,...

Este libro está pensado para el alumno que ha decidido iniciar sus estudios en Ingeniería de Edificación, sirviéndole como herramienta de trabajo para la asignatura Fundamentos de Construcción. A través de los contenidos desarrollados en los distintos capítulos, podrá encontrar explicaciones, dibujos e imágenes que le ayudarán a comprender el mundo de la construcción dentro de la edificación. Se inicia el libro con una exposición de los trabajos de movimientos de tierras, puesta en obra del hormigón y acciones en la edificación para, poco a poco, ir introduciendo otros...

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...