ARKHÉ #2

Revista especializada en diseño bio-ambiental y hábitat sustentable. Contenido: Pensar la ciudad que queremos Edificio bioclimático: Atelier para artistas, Arq. Antonio Bonet Ferias agroecológicas: motivaciones de consumidores y feriantes en la participación Influencia de la gestión físico natural construido en la calidad de seis plazas de la ciudad de Buenos Aires Dicotomía de ideas: Casa PG Repetición de diferencias: Monomateria Generación fotovoltaica distribuida en áreas urbanas Relación entre comportamiento térmico y superficie construida en pequeños espacios verdes de CABA ...

In the introduction to Bordados decorativos para el hogar, Caroline considers certain points essential for successful hand-stitching such as the choice and use of color and fabric. She advises how to seek inspiration from threads, buttons, picture frames, and scraps of lace or old greetings cards. The book includes a wide variety of projects, such as making pictures and window dressings. A practical section that covers stitches and techniques, templates and suppliers is also included. Whether you are a begninner or an experienced sewer, this book will inspire you to create beautifully...

Widely thought to be the greatest American architect, Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) was a true pioneer, both artistically and technically. At a time when reinforced concrete and steel were considered industrial building materials, Wright boldly made use of them to build private homes. His prairie house concept - that of a low, sprawling home based upon a simple L or T figure - was the driving force behind some of his most famous houses and became a model for rural architecture across America. Wright’s designs for office and public buildings were equally groundbreaking and unique. From...

This is not another book on estates and confiscations. The author offers us a precise radiography of the state of the Carthusian Monastery in its magnificent final decades, of the ravages it suffered from 1808 onwards and its subsequent nationalisation, auction and sale process. A work mostly based on unpublished sources.

Por desgracia, una de las ciudades coloniales de México que mayor devastación ha sufrido sobre su patrimonio histórico y cultural, es Guadalajara, capital del estado de Jalisco. La segunda mitad del siglo xix y la primera del xx representan dos etapas en que su configuración arquitectónica sufrió, bajo la premisa de la idea del progreso, terribles cambios que llevaron a la destrucción de numerosos e invaluables edificios y espacios públicos. Estas construcciones, que significaban un rasgo de identidad no sólo para los tapatíos, sino para todos los jaliscienses, simboliza ahora un...