Bresciani Valdés Castillo Huidobro

This book provides succinct guidance on the management of the maintenance of construction plant, bringing together information which is only currently found dispersed amongst other publications. Topics covered include: costs of maintenance; condition-based monitoring techniques; root cause failure analysis; health and safety; electronic documentation and record keeping; and directions for future research. Where appropriate, standard charts and reports - which can be adapted and used by the reader - are included. Chapters include: introduction to construction plant; the need to maintain...

In her most recent book Jeannette Plaut, architect of the University of Chile, presents a critic essay and an inventory of what she considers the most representative examples of contemporary architecture constructed in the last decade (2000 - 2008) in Chile. The book includes a commentary by architect Henry Smith-Miller, a photographic essay by Greek photographer Erieta Attali and a critical vision by British architect, critic, historian and academic Kenneth Frampton who comments in the book "about 7 works that, in different degrees, transit from audacious features of topographic inflexion...

Este libro recoge los textos de las ponencias presentadas en el seminario Vivir las ciudades históricas, organizado por el Vicerrectorado de Extensión Universitaria de la UCLM y celebrado en Cuenca coincidiendo con la exposición del mismo título, promovida por la Fundación la Caixa. El seminario se planteó en torno a una idea central: la preocupación por la recuperación integrada de las ciudades históricas, uno de los grandes retos del siglo XXI, sobre el que ya han llamado la atención el Consejo de Europa, la Unión Europea, la Unesco o la Asociación de Ciudades Patrimonio...

The life and architecture of Cetto, a brilliant architect intellectually formed around the German expressionist movement and who, when arriving in Mexico "revalues" the traditional materials and proceedings of the Mexican culture integrating them gradually into his architecture. Part of a monographic series on 20th century modern architects.