Moral y arquitectura

Dado que la obra arquitectónica debe ser concebida como un todo formal, funcional y técnico, la Estructura, tomada como una de esas partes indivisibles de la misma, debe considerarse desde el inicio de su concepción hasta su materialización. Se debe adquirir una cierta capacidad para poder comprender y relacionar las cargas aplicadas y los esfuerzos resultantes y, a partir de esto, diseñar la estructura óptima. Además, es preciso reconocer que, el conocimiento, la intuición, el razonamiento y la creatividad son ingredientes básicos del proceso de diseño estructural. Es por ello que...

El participante adquirirá los fundamentos básicos para verificar la estructura de una obra civil o inmueble, con fundamentos basados en la normatividad vigente, procedimientos administrativos, y parámetros cuantitativos tecnológicos pertinentes.

A detailed study on the architecture and the life of British engineer and architect Reed who left an extraordinary legacy of neoclassic architecture in Colombia and in other regions of Latin America. Reed designed and constructed the Capitolio Nacional and the Museo Nacional in Colombia along other public buildings, theaters as well as other constructions in Ecuador and Venezuela between 1843 and 1878.

Having graduated from Cornell University, Richard Meier established his own architectural firm in New York City in 1963, around a group known as the "Five Architects" of New York. This book includes 70 works and projects, chronologically ordered, from his first private houses around New York, to the most recent cultural centres, museums, corporate buildings and city planning for different cities in Europe, Asia and USA. This book, abundantly illustrated and documented, offers a chronological survey, from the first houses in the Hamptons to the most recent buildings including the Getty Center...