Imaginar, compartir, crear: consolidando la innovación docente en Arquitectura

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...

This series was the winner of the American Institute of Architects' prestigious "Award for Excellence in International Book Publishing". Each volume in this series is introduced with an essay on the architect, and a chronological or stylistic presentation of their most outstanding buildings and projects. No other series provides such a complete and concise summary of the world's leading architects' works. The volumes are fully illustrated in black-and-white with photos and project renderings.

A través de un relato único, en el que se entrelaza el análisis de las ciudades más emblemáticas: Milán, Roma, Nápoles, Torino, Bolonia, Florencia, Siena y Ancona, se sintetizan los últimos cincuenta años de la historia urbana italiana. Historia en la que se ponen al descubierto las complejas relaciones que existen entre el régimen inmobiliario, la planificación urbana y la ordenación del territorio. El texto, que se acompaña de un importante material gráfico, nos proporciona una detallada sistematización de la transformación legislativa y se completa con un amplio apartado...