Tradicionalmente, las ciudades y los asentamientos se han desarrollado junto al agua: el 90% de las ciudades más grandes del mundo tienen alguna relación directa con ella, en forma de lagos, ríos, canales, puertos, bahías o mar abierto.
Extraordinary sites associated with the Bauhaus and modernism can be found throughout Germany-pioneering architecture that has enduringly shaped our understanding of life and work, learning and living.
Die Protagonisten des Buches Camillo Sitte, Otto Wagner, Josef Maria Olbrich, Joseph August Lux, Oskar Strnad und Felix Augenfeld schufen von den späten 1880er Jahren bis 1938 über die Zäsur des Weltkriegs hinaus eine moderne und ortspezifische Architektur.
Con el fin de entender y afrontar los retos actuales de la arquitectura es indispensable revisar su evolución y entenderla desde la óptica contemporánea.
Der Tagungsband umfasst einen zeitlichen Rahmen von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart und beleuchtet eine Auswahl der wichtigen Festungsstädte in Deutschland unter den Aspekten der Chronologie, Typologie und Alltagskultur der Festungsstädte.
A partir de 1930, por casi cincuenta años, el trabajo científico de Sergio Bettini se ha desarrollado con admirable coherencia en un arco de tiempo que transcurre desde la tarda normalidad hasta nuestros contemporáneos, profundizando especialmente en la cultura bizantina.
The conference presented a multidisciplinary interactive forum to researchers, students, academicians, industry professionals, policymakers and scientists focusing on three key tracks, namely, Architecture and Built Environment, Planning and Practices, and Design and Society.
On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the Institute for Social Research in Frankfurt am Main, in 1923, this book aims at shedding light on the archives of some of the key thinkers of Critical Theory of Society, also well known as "e;Frankfurt School"e;.
An essential guide to vital and often overlooked features of the architectural and social inheritance of the WestThis book provides vital insights into the ways in which architecture reflects the character of society.
Der Einfluss der physischen Umgebung des Homeoffice als Arbeitsort wurde in der Forschung der letzten Jahre meist vernachlässigt, obwohl im Zuge der Corona Pandemie zunehmend Menschen von zu Hause aus arbeiten.
"La elaboración de este libro ha sido motivada, entre otros factores, por los siguientes: inicialmente, por la propia experiencia personal en la SCEE (Sociedad Constructora de Establecimientos Educacionales) durante doce años de trabajo, tiempo en que alcancé a conocer a José Aracena, quien murió en 1971; luego, por un deseo de abordar la vida de Gustavo Mönckeberg, quien fuera el padre de Hernán Mönckeberg Barros (colega arquitecto) que, a su vez, fue presidente de la SCEE durante 1969 y 1970, y puso a mi disposición lo poco que restaba del archivo de su padre; finalmente, por dar a conocer la totalidad de su valiosa producción arquitectónica residencial, civil, educacional, religiosa, funeraria, etc.
This book offers a comprehensive overview of the latest research, innovations, and practical applications in the field of sustainability, with a focus on construction materials and their use in building and civil engineering structures.
Building and Facilities Maintenance Management: An Innovative Operational Approach is a new introductory textbook aimed at students who are studying building maintenance and asset management for the first time as part of their undergraduate or foundation course.
Der Einfluss der physischen Umgebung des Homeoffice als Arbeitsort wurde in der Forschung der letzten Jahre meist vernachlässigt, obwohl im Zuge der Corona Pandemie zunehmend Menschen von zu Hause aus arbeiten.
This book collects essays by international scholars who engage with Roman-period architecture outside Rome and the Italian Peninsula, looking at the regions that formed part of the Roman Empire over a broad time frame: from the second century BCE to the third century CE.
This book collects essays by international scholars who engage with Roman-period architecture outside Rome and the Italian Peninsula, looking at the regions that formed part of the Roman Empire over a broad time frame: from the second century BCE to the third century CE.
Originally published in 1988, reissued now with a new series introduction, New Directions in Environmental Participation was the third in a trilogy of books to open the series Ethnoscapes: Current Challenges in the Environmental Social Sciences.
The early Buddhist architectural vocabulary, being the first of its kind, maintained its monopoly for about half a millennium, beginning from the third century BCE.
The early Buddhist architectural vocabulary, being the first of its kind, maintained its monopoly for about half a millennium, beginning from the third century BCE.
***Winner of the 2025 BTES Book Award***This book offers architects strategies in the design and manufacturing of custom, repetitively manufactured building components.
