ÓRDENES Y ESPACIO: SISTEMAS DE EXPRESIÓN DE LA ARQUITECTURA MODERNA (SIGLOS XV-XVIII)

It was in his home in Oak Park that Frank Lloyd Wright made his first contributions to the Modern movement. In 1889 he designed the first part of the house, in 1895 he added to it for his wife, Catherine, and their family, and in 1898 for his architectural practice. The entire building was a learning laboratory of modern architecture. While not a Prairie School house, it led to the development of the Prairie School. Wrights constant changes to this complex paralleled the evolution of his early architectural work and career. There, with his young assistants, he rethought the plan, spaces,...

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...

Tiene como objetivo ser una herramienta práctica donde el profesional pueda consultar y resolver rápidamente algunas consultas sobre acústica. A través de una breve introducción a conceptos básicos se llega a la aplicación para las distintas configuraciones constructivas. En la primer parte se desarrollan los principios necesarios y conceptos técnicos para la construcción de un vocabulario y un saber técnico, estimulando su aplicación proyectual con conceptos de ambientación y aislamiento acústico. La segunda sección desarrolla una completa descripción de los materiales, la...

The Design of the home continues to be of great interest to both architects and designers. How to configure a living space according to the characteristics of a site and the specification of the client is still the starting point of any house project. However, the final solutions can be as diverse as they can be interesting. This publication takes a specific look at the way architecture will evolve when regarding inhabitations around the world due to climatic changes and different cultural expectations.