Prefactibilidad de proyectos arquitectónicos

A 15 años de su nacimiento, la Cátedra Blanca CEMEX se ha consolidado como una referencia para quienes hoy en día se capacitan como futuros arquitectos en México. Se trata de un curso intensivo, de alto rendimiento, que forma a los alumnos con una visión del impacto que puede lograrse a través del diseño arquitectónico. Desde el Tecnológico de Monterrey y la Escuela de Arquitectura, Arte y Diseño, se celebra con la publicación de este libro la gran aportación que la Cátedra Blanca ha significado para las numerosas generaciones de arquitectos que han sido partícipes de este...

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...

The shopping mall is one of the typologies most succesfully developed in the twentieth century. The work of the Mexican architural firm Grupo Arquitech has ventured into this fertile territory. Directed by Juan José Sánchez since 1987. In the space of a few years, Arquitech has designed the main malls in Mexico, perfecting a model that accurately define the limit. This is the first major documentation of their work.

The present edition graphically documents the design, construction and installationof the mega main public library Biblioteca de México "José Vasconcelos" locatedin Mexico City. In 2001 a transformation project of the Biblioteca de México proposal had three main actions: the restoration of the La Ciudadela building, the construction of a more modern and larger building and the establishment of an interchange network between the public libraries in México, where the new library was to be the central node of a national network. The new library that includes surrounding botanical garden was...