La revaloración del patrimonio arquitectónico

Con este trabajo pretende dejar de lado las modas arquitectónicas para concentrarse en favorecer vivencias plenas de los usuarios con conceptos que permitan a él y sus lectores transformar los espacios con soluciones creativas para que sus proyectos sean mejores experiencias arquitectónicas para quienes los viven.

Life and work of polemic architect and urbanist Meyer (b. Switzerland), one of the most important functionalists of the 1920's. The former director of the Bauhaus, he worked for the Post-Revolutionary Regimes in Mexico as the director of the Instituto del Urbanismo y Planification from 1942 through 1949, while also becoming the editor of the collective graphic workshop Taller de Grafica Popular (TGP) from 1947 to 1949. Many plates of his architectural designs and the structural diagrams Meyer used for the Bauhaus and in IUP in Mexico.

The private single family house is still very much the preferred choice of home. Yet in recent years there have been many changes not only in the personal situations of the residents, their expectations and desires, but also in the rising costs of energy and raw materials. This has meant that issues such as multi-functionalism, the use of innovative building materials or energy-efficient building methods are increasing in significance. These topical developments have been taken into consideration. The authors introduce floor plan solutions using contemporary projects which bear in mind...

"La arquitectura nos moldea tanto como nosotros la moldeamos ella. No nos limitamos a contemplar los edificios; sus fachadas, su belleza o su fealdad ocultan también el espacio en el que vivimos. Nacemos, trabajamos, amamos, y morimos relacionándonos con la arquitectura. Todos estos aspectos de la arquitectura -económicos, eróticos, políticos o psicológicos- son cruciales si queremos entender tanto la arquitectura misma como nuestras vidas y nuestro mundo.Este libro nos acerca a la historia de la arquitectura a través de un planteamiento sumamente original: diez capítulos con diez...