Proteccion y seguridad contra incendios

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,...

A presentation of Gaudi's work and all its facets. Books that complement each other in appreciation of his work.

Muchas cosas han cambiado desde las primeras descripciones teñidas de misticismo, prejuicio y oscuridad conceptual, que se hicieron del enfermo epiléptico en los albores de la humanidad; pero ciertas características míticas permanecen incólumes en pleno siglo XXI para este grupo de pacientes. Se desarrollan aquí algunas de estas distorsiones, tanto las históricas y anecdóticas como las actuales, evidenciándose en encuestas que miden la percepción propia del enfermo y de la sociedad respecto de la enfermedad epiléptica. Dada la vastedad nosológica de la epileptología, se impuso el ...

The book examines the long, productive and stormy relationship architect Le Corbusier had with Argentina and the series of events in consequence. His Argentinean disciples Jorge Ferrari Hardoy, Juan Kurchan and Antonio Bonet, although influenced by the master architect had their own architectonic and urban ideas. The book examines the "Austral Net" created towards the productive, plural and complex relationship of these 4 personages where the central figure is the famed Swiss architect. The book is chronologically organized and includes a selection of the most important architecture...