Introducción a la historia de la arquitectura

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 trabajo ha sido preparado íntegramente en la Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano. La base principal del texto la constituye la experiencia acumulada de muchos años como profesor y conferencista de temas de Historia y Teoría de la Arquitectura en varias universidades colombianas y latinoamericanas. La investigación que permitió configurar el contenido del libro se desarrolló en 2008 y contó con la participación, como asistente, del arquitecto Santiago Paredes Cisneros, Magíster en Historia y Teoría del Arte, la Ciudad y la Arquitectura. El arquitecto Lorenzo Fonseca Martínez,...

Like no other international metropolis, New York succeeds in following the latest architectural and design trends and still maintains her unmistakable face. This second edition and guide New York introduces up-to-the-minute, finished projects and buildings still under construction in and around Manhattan and features the Big Apple's most popular restaurants, shops and hotels. The guide includes addresses, a map and comprehensive index. Book jacket.

An architecture school celebrates its 10th anniversary by publishing representative student work, but concerned with how readers often fail to acknowledge and ultimately disregard the relevance of student ideas, reducing them to mere image-making. Instead of listing projects by type or name, it was decided they would be presented in question format (bilingually), underlining the importance of inquiry over image. Question entries numbered from 1 to 100 (grouped by theme) predetermined the books format. Elegance (it is about architecture) and informality (but also about students) had to be...