Vicente Galicia

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...

Catalogue comprising 104 buildings in Monterrey that represent the best survivingexamples of the modern movement architecture. These examples of civil architecture constructedduring first half of the 20th century include Art Deco, Streamline and Modernist stylesLimitedavailability.

"CEDODAL in collaboration with the Estrada family organized an exhibition and the present accompanying book that examines the life and professional career of Argentinean architect Estrada. The book gathers various authors who review in their texts the influence German architect Hermann Jansen had over the young Estrada, his integration to the National Forests project (1934) and his legacy in the planning of urban centers, infrastructure works and tourism and hotel architecture particularly in the Patagonian region. Estrada's culmination was the Civic Center of Bariloche, (today historic and...

Los detalles de Carlo Scarpa representan la búsqueda de la esencia creativa. La tendencia hacia la abstracción, en la arquitectura de la primera mitad del siglo XX, parecía haber condenado el concepto de ornamento. Sin embargo, Scarpa requiere su presencia ante la necesidad de llenar el vacío sensorial de la ortodoxia moderna. Una elegante sencillez se manifiesta a través del detalle sofisticado, contribuyendo a la estimulación de los sentidos. El resultado es una arquitectura emotiva y sensorial. Una composición equilibrada de relaciones entre los elementos que configuran el espacio....