Volumen 16 La Casa

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,...

A selection of the most prominent works of architecture selected by El Croquis with an introduction by Juan Antonio Cortés and an essay by William Curtis. Among the works are the Sendai Mediatheque by Toyo Ito, the Yokohama International Port Terminal by Foreign Office Architects, the Netherlands Embassy in Berlin by OMA-Rem Koolhaas, the Braga Municipal Stadium by Eduardo Souto de Moura, the Prada Aoyama Epicenter by Herzog & De Meuron, the Scottish Parliament building by EMBT, the Monastery of Our Lady of Novy Dvur by John Pawson, the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art expansion by Steven Holl,...

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.

El problema de la ciudad histórica fue una cuestión clave en el debate urbanístico y social de las urbes europeas durante las décadas de los años 60 y 70. En el caso español, la especulación inmobiliaria tuvo unos efectos desastrosos en la conservación de nuestro patrimonio monumental y urbano. Frente a este fenómeno, el arquitecto Fernando Chueca Goitia (1911-2004), brillante historiador y sensible humanista, se reveló como un espectador crítico y activo frente a la destrucción del patrimonio arquitectónico español, a través de una activa labor de difusión que incluyó...