Codigo Internacional de la Edificacion 2003

"La Secretaría de Cultura de la Municipalidad de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires seleccionó este libro y contrató su re-edición en homenaje al IV Centenario de la Fundación de la Ciudad por Juan de Garay."--Colophon

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...

Diseñar un paisaje urbano-arquitectónico es construir una escena a partir de una imagen (en la forma de prefiguración). Una mirada proyectual implica una posición desde la cual se aborda el proyecto con un determinado andamiaje instrumental, que se traduce en imágenes fijas o secuenciales. Este libro propone descubrir en el área de la morfología arquitectural, nuevas modalidades de diseño empleando herramientas digitales y analógicas. La información contenida rescata ejemplos y conceptos, de la cultural disciplinar, además de generar vínculos con múltiples disciplinas, entre...

"CEDODAL in collaboration with the Estrada family organized an exhibition and the present accompanying book that examines the life and professional career of Argentinean architect Estrada. The book gathers various authors who review in their texts the influence German architect Hermann Jansen had over the young Estrada, his integration to the National Forests project (1934) and his legacy in the planning of urban centers, infrastructure works and tourism and hotel architecture particularly in the Patagonian region. Estrada's culmination was the Civic Center of Bariloche, (today historic and...