Materiales de urbanismo 2011.13

In the immediate postwar years, a new type of modern architecture emerges. Beatriz Colomina presents domesticity as a potent new weapon in a changed architectural battlefield. This architecture becomes the property of the middle-class consumer bombarded with images of domestic bliss, a lifestyle campaign launched through recycled military techniques. The significance of architects like Charles and Ray Eames lies in their sensitivity to buildings and images both defining space. Colomina is Director of Princeton University's Architecture PhD program and acclaimed author of Privacy and Publicity ...

Imprescindible transformar los inmuebles existentes, buscando su armonía con el clima, confort y calidad de vida para el usuario reduciendo gasto de servicios. Con ejemplo Edificio M16, intervenido bioclimáticamente con certificación LEED Platino.

Moderne Architektur se publica por primera vez en 1896, y ve sucesivas reediciones y revisiones e incluso un cambio de título que Wagner controla minuciosamente en 1898, 1902 y 1914. En el prefacio de la primera edición, Wagner escribe "La idea que inspira este libro es que sólo la vida moderna es el único punto de nuestro trabajo artístico". La reflexión sobre cuál sea la arquitectura de la vida que transcurre en la ciudad moderna, aquélla que encontramos con tintas diferentes en las lecturas de Baudelaire y Simmel, encuentra en el libro de Wagner una inicial e imprescindible...

"A brief but thought-provoking study of the reverse influence of Mexican architecture on that of Spain's during the colonial era. For example, the author says that the characteristic organization of prehispanic religious centers around large plazas, as seen at Palenque, Teotihuacan, and Chichenitza, was transferred first to Mexican and then to Spanish architecture. Also identifies Americanized architectural elements and decorative motifs in buildings in Murcia, Olivia, and in the Canary Islands. Contains a few photographs with drawings of mostly architectural details"--Handbook of Latin...