Rehabilitación

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...

Learn the standards of effective design and installation for building systems using the performance requirements set by the industry-leading source for standards: the International Code Council?. Now available in Spanish to recognize an increasingly diverse workforce, the 2003 International Building Code - Spanish Edition offers users comprehensive coverage and time-tested safety concepts so they are well-prepared for successful, safe work in the field. In addition, structural as well as fire- and life-safety provisions are also included and span a range of topics, including means of egress,...

Esta publicación es fruto de los Programas de Cooperación que realiza la Junta de Andalucía en los países donde la presencia de España y Andalucía ha sido de gran importancia, en un intento por difundir y dar a conocer el patrimonio urbanístico y arquitectónico de esta población.

Este libro es una recopilación de dos pequeños libros y unos ensayos escritos desde el año 2000 hasta la actualidad. Se articula en tres partes. La primera, bajo el título "despacio", recoge ensayos publicados en las memorias anuales que realizaron los profesores de la Escuela de Arquitectura de Madrid, junto con dos escritos realizados en los comienzos del autor como alumno de filosofía de la UNED. La segunda, bajo el título "diario de un cazador de espacios", incluye una investigación realizada en el año 2002, durante la estancia del mismo como becario en la Academia de España en...

"Taking over the baton from their mentor and friend Eduardo Chillida, the architects Juan Carlos Sancho (San Sebastián, 1957) and Sol Madridejos (Madrid, 1958) have pursued a sensitive dialectic between matter and void that lies at the foundations of a fertile formal laboratory, one where the fold is an instrument with great potential in the attainment of structural, spatial, and material coherence. In these pages Arquitectura Viva presents a selection of four Spanish works – ranging from a small chapel to a large educational complex – in which the duo composes variations on the same...