Viviendas unifamiliares

This series was the winner of the American Institute of Architects' prestigious "Award for Excellence in International Book Publishing". Each volume in this series is introduced with an essay on the architect, and a chronological or stylistic presentation of their most outstanding buildings and projects. No other series provides such a complete and concise summary of the world's leading architects' works. The volumes are fully illustrated in black-and-white with photos and project renderings.

Este libro no es solo un libro sobre urbanismo o sobre arquitectura, tampoco es un libro sobre historia o poesía, no es un libro sobre viajes o literatura?, es todo esto y mucho más. Con una prosa que vaga de una idea a otra con la libertad que Kahn se otorga, nos lleva a las calles de Pompeya, pero no a una esplendorosa ciudad antigua, nos cuenta la historia de la gente común, gente que nos ha dejado legados de una vida corriente, incluso que ha tenido tiempo de dejarnos mensajes escritos en los muros de la ciudad; después nos desplaza a Oriente para contarnos cómo son las calles de Las ...

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...

Life and work of polemic architect and urbanist Meyer (b. Switzerland), one of the most important functionalists of the 1920's. The former director of the Bauhaus, he worked for the Post-Revolutionary Regimes in Mexico as the director of the Instituto del Urbanismo y Planification from 1942 through 1949, while also becoming the editor of the collective graphic workshop Taller de Grafica Popular (TGP) from 1947 to 1949. Many plates of his architectural designs and the structural diagrams Meyer used for the Bauhaus and in IUP in Mexico.