PSICOGEOMETRIA, GEOMETRIA SAGRADA Y ARQUITECTURA BIOLOGICA

"The exhibit presents the complete history of the Spanish architectural activity in the Río de la Plata region soon after the War of Independence and into the new millennium. Includes many drawings, plans and designs by Spanish architects that worked in Río de la Plata and of Argentinean architects working in Spain, from the 19th century architect Tomás Toribio, first academic that arrived from Spain to Santiago Calatrava and his pedestrian swing bridge in Puerto Madero(Buenos Aires). An important reference"--Provided by vendor.

How much importance do we give to the settings in which we live, sleep and relax when we go travelling? Nowadays travel usually means spending time in hotels, and these establishments have set about specializing in order to satisfy the varied needs of their guests. In this book we have sought to open a window on today's highly innovative hotels by showcasing some particularly attractive examples from all over the world. All the hotels that we have gathered together are united by a quest for up-to-date design aimed at providing a welcome for business travelers or tourists.

Mario Botta (1943 geboren) studierte in Venedig Architektur bei Carlo Scarpa und erffnete 1970 sein eigenes Bro in Lugano. Heute reicht seine Ttigkeit bis in die Vereinigten Staaten und den Fernen Osten. Weltberhmt geworden ist Mario Botta durch seine zahlreichen Villen im Tessin: khl-elegante Bauten, die, oft an exponierter Lage situiert, einen spannungsvollen Dialog mit der Landschaft aufnehmen. Es sind visuelle Gebilde von magischer Wirkung. Ebenso beachtet sind Bottas Kirchenbauten, ob es sich nun um kleine Kapellen in den Tessiner Bergen oder um die Kathedrale von Evry bei Paris handelt, ...

La eleccion de los materiales y los elementos de construccion que se deben utilizar en una obra es una tarea cada vez mas compleja. La arquitectura ofrece una gama muy amplia de posibilidades entre las que escoger. El conocimiento de las propiedades de estos materiales es imprescindible si se quiere hacer una eleccion objetiva. Este libro analiza las propiedades tecnicas de dichos materiales (de la masa, del estado de la materia), mecanicas, reologicas y termicas, y su relacion con los fenomenos ondulatorios, aparentes, temporales y de duracion; sus costes, sus repercusiones sobre la salud y...