Ernesto de Estrada

Brief overview of ObregÑn's (b. Mexico) work as one of the most influencial Mexican born architects of the 20th century.

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,...

The expert contributors to this lavishly illustrated volume, devoted entirely to Mies van der Rohe's Barcelona Pavilion of 1929, address here for the first time the forgotten contexts of the Pavilion's genesis. Habitually thought of as an abstract, unpolluted, and splendidly isolated building--a precursor of Mies's American period--the Pavilion is revealed here as a thoroughly European work, perhaps less pristine but more authentic. Mies and Lilly Reich were commissioned to design not only the Pavilion but also more than one hundred thousand square feet of German stands spread throughout the...

La història del disseny arquitectònic en l’Edat Mitjana ha estat el nostre punt de partida per a estudiar els sistemes voltats del gòtic valencià. Amb aquests coneixements previs s’aborda aquesta obra, sobre la base d’un catàleg elaborat amb aquest motiu de les creueries dels edificis estudiats. Partim del convenciment que el dibuix era l’eina imprescindible en la producció de les estructures voltades. Per aquesta raó, seguint el sistema medieval de traces i plantilles, dibuixem totes i cada una de les creueries més representatives de l’àmbit valencià. El dibuix permet...