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This comprehensive round-up features the many door and window types available today, including the most recent technical advances and design trends, with a focus on innovative materials, styles and shapes.

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...

Catalogue comprising 104 buildings in Monterrey that represent the best survivingexamples of the modern movement architecture. These examples of civil architecture constructedduring first half of the 20th century include Art Deco, Streamline and Modernist stylesLimitedavailability.

"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...