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El texto presente surge para darle materialidad a las intenciones exquisitas de la Asociación Art Nouveau de Buenos Aires de visibilizar el patrimonio para poder disfrutarlo. En esta ocasión AANBA, en su misión de "fábrica de cristalización de sueños", ha puesto su mirada sobre el Kavanagh y por tal, lo engarza en el collar de Edificios Emblemáticos. Humildemente y con mucha alegría nos unimos a todas las publicaciones prestigiosas que se...
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Climate change, and the inevitability of sea level rise, will require much more of us than simply pulling back from the coastline. The thesis of Weston Wright's More Water Less Land New Architecture is that we need to start thinking in an entirely different way about the relationship of cities to waterfront sites and of the relationship of buildings to water, which means rethinking many of architecture's implicit premises. If architecture has been...
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A comprehensive guide to Frank Lloyd Wright-designed buildings open to the public-with travel itineraries and information on seventy-four sites.
Frank Lloyd Wright's groundbreaking designs, innovative construction techniques, and inviting interiors continue to astound and inspire generations of architects and design aficionados. Covering all the publicly accessible sites across the United States-plus four in Japan-Wright Sites describes the design...
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HAVING been called on, a few years ago, to make frequent journeys between this country and the Riviera, the author was greatly impressed with the extraordinary variety and abundance of the ancient architectural monuments of Provence. This country was found to contain not only special styles of Mediæval Art peculiar to itself, but likewise an epitome of all the styles which have prevailed in Southern Europe from the time of the Romans. It proved to...
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An award-winning architect and educator demystifies the process of making architecture and explains why good architectural design matters.
The design of cities and buildings affects the quality of our lives. Making the built environments in which we live, work, and play useful, safe, comfortable, efficient, and as beautiful as possible is a universal quest.
What many don't realize is that professional architects design only about five...
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"Las páginas de este libro sientan bases para comprender la estrecha y necesaria relación que los grupos humanos han establecido con su entorno físico. Una interdependencia vital que se hace cada vez más compleja en un proceso histórico, no solo por dificultades prácticas que tienen que ver con una cuestión de recursos, sino también, y sobre todo, por el complejo tejido de relaciones culturales que las sociedades humanas establecen al construir...
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Este libro propone una visión contemporánea del problema del habitar colectivo en las grandes metrópolis, y vincula la problemática del borde, del límite y la frontera, tan presentes en el habitar colectivo, con la desmaterialización del mismo a su mínima expresión haciendo uso de la técnica de la triangulación estructural del espacio. En el proyecto, los bordes entre estructura portante y estructuración espacial se difuminan, como así...
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Featuring an extensive collection of full-color photographs, 150 Best Eco House Ideas features eco-friendly house designs created by internationally renowned architects and designers who have achieved practical, innovative, and stunning solutions adapted to the specific needs and tastes of their clients. Included here are the latest innovations in sustainable home design, including solar paneling, wind energy systems, environmentally-friendly heating...
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Sylvia Lavin is professor of architecture and urban design at the University of California, Los Angeles. Her books include Form Follows Libido: Architecture and Richard Neutra in a Psychoanalytic Culture.
Architecture's growing intimacy with new types of art
Kissing Architecture explores the mutual attraction between architecture and other forms of contemporary art. In this fresh, insightful, and beautifully illustrated book, renowned architectural...
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The implementation of the Information Systems (IS) Architecture is one of the steps in the construction of the Enterprise Architecture (EA), according to The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF), and can bring notable benefits in supporting the management and governance of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in organizations, including of health. However, this task is usually followed by several challenges, even more so when we refer...
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For many, the idea of prefab housing may bring to mind trailers and other less desirable images of home life. But this idea couldn't be more wrong! Rather, the newest trends in prefab have emerged as a great way for a design- (and cost-) conscious generation to achieve the dream of home ownership. Today, prefab houses are manufactured to the highest standards of construction and aesthetics. And with the internet, these houses can be ordered from all...
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Epistemic Artefacts
A Dialogical Reflection
on Design Research in
Architecture
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Matthias Ballestrem
and Lidia Gasperoni
Architectural artefacts are negotiated as epistemic objects, an autonomous and innovative form of knowledge capable of inaugurating and institutionalising architectural research. The backbone of this publication is a dialogue between the architect Matthias Ballestrem and the philosopher and architectural theorist Lidia...
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Madrid Río es el proyecto más ambicioso de los que emprendió el que fue alcalde de la capital, Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón, el cual se convirtió en el emblema por el que trabajó durante dos legislaturas. Supuso una transformación integral de 5,4 km a lo largo del río Manzanares y la adecuación de 120 ha en varios distritos.
Plantear como proyecto fin de carrera la intervención real en edificios, tanto de nueva planta como rehabilitación, y...
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There are great buildings and there are great restorations. Sometimes, both come together. UNITY TEMPLE: FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT'S MODERN MASTERPIECE, is an homage to America’s most renowned architect. The 55-minute film by Lauren Levine follows the challenging {dollar}25 million restoration and revival of Wright’s first public commission and the painstaking efforts to bring the 100-year-old building back to its original beauty.
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