In this beautiful and perceptive book, Dana Buntrock examines, for the first time, how tradition is incorporated into contemporary Japanese architecture. Looking at the work of five architects -- Fumihiko ...

15ª EDICIÓN BASADA EN LA EHE-2008. AJUSTADA AL CÓDIGO MODELO Y AL EUROCÓDIGO EC-2 Esta obra es un tratado exhaustivo y sistemático sobre la técnica constructiva del hormigón armado. Tras ...

Since it is now clear that in the future many raw materials will only be available to us in limited quantities, scientists have for some time been conducting intensive research ...

Utilizzato da secoli come materiale da costruzione il legno, risorsa economica, multifunzionale e rinnovabile sta ritrovando una posizione di primo piano in un epoca attenta ai consumi energetici e alle ...

Wood Works Onix is een enthousiast pleidooi voor de schoonheid van het gebruik van hout in architectuur. De duurzame kwaliteit van hout maakt het bij uitstek tot ecologisch verantwoord materiaal. ...

Este libro único contiene una selección de casas de madera que destacan por su alto grado de calidad arquitectónica en cuanto al uso innovador de la madera y el compromiso ...

Este libro es de sumo interés tanto para el lector especializado como para aquel que se quiera iniciar en el tema. Se compone de dos partes principales, aunque tenga cuatro ...

Esta publicación, planteada como una recreación estética de las posibilidades visuales que pueden tener las construcciones de hormigón armado, muestra imágenes de obras construidas en los primeros tiempos que permanecen ...

Written by leading experts in timber architecture and engineering, Timber in contemporary architecture investigates materials, connections, applications, and celebrates innovation. Excellence in timber design is demonstrated in the last section ...

El libro HIERROS LA HABANA es el resultado de la investigación que comenzó de forma espontánea en La Hahana hacia 1990 y que culminó con la presentación de la tesis ...

Building with glass opens up a whole tange of fascinating design possibilities for the planning architect. Glass has long served as a translucent room closing etement, but its tange of ...

En este tercera edición se han realizado algunas modificaciones con respecto a la primera y segunda ediciones. En concreto, con el fin de mejorar la secuencia de conceptos de programación ...

Architectural pioneers such as Frank Gehry and Greg Lynn introduced the world to the extreme forms made possible by digital fabrication. It is now possible to transfer designs made on ...

A handy guide, illustrating new trends in materials and their applications, this publication has been designed as a source book documenting a collection of more than one hundred new materials ...

Whether luminous wallpaper, curtains that produce electricity, or self-cleaning windowpanes, more than ever before innovations in surface technologies are influencing and will continue to revolutionize the use of materials in ...

Engineered Transparency" presents a portfolio of projects featuring cutting-edge glass designs by todays most innovative architects, including SANAAs acclaimed Glass Pavilion at the Toledo Museum of Art, Yoshio Taniguchis MoMA ...

The second issue in the exciting and experimental cross-disciplinary series Findings on... by Astrid van Baalen and Hester Aardse from the Pars Foundation is centred on ELASTICITY in the broadest ...

Photovoltaics is one of the most promising technologies for global energy production in the context of the energy crisis and climate change. Photovoltaic modules are now available in such a ...