Libros de Arquitectura e interiorismo 364 resultados

Costa Duran, Sergi

Presents the innovations in sustainable architecture and design. This title explores various aspects of environmentally-friendly design from its ecological and economical benefits to the factors that need to be considered when choosing materials. It is suitable for homeowners, designers, and architects. ...

Marta Serrats

Featuring an extensive collection of full-colour photographs, this title 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. ...

Trubiano, Franca

Both professionals and students are under increasing pressure to achieve high performance building design in the construction and operation of residential buildings. This book responds to this demand by offering a complete guide which features solar powered homes and the technologies they have employed in attaining net zero energy presents detailed case studies of innovative ho...

Bergman, David

Written for students and practitioners in the fields of architecture and interior design, our new Architecture Brief Sustainable Design provides a concise overview of all the techniques available for reducing the energy footprint of structures and spaces. With clear, simple language and a practical "can do" approach, author David Bergman covers everything from the profession's ...

Donald Watson / Michele Adams

The complete guide to planning and design for water sustainability, as well as flooding and natural disastersArchitects, urban planners, and urban designers, as well as water resources engineers and landscape architects will discover that "Design for Flooding" presents the best practices and lessons to create buildings and communities that are more resilient in the face of seve...

Sarah Susanka

Ten years ago, Sarah Susanka started a revolution in home design with a deceptively simple message: quality should always come before quantity. Now, the book that celebrated that bold declaration is back in a special anniversary edition. In this landmark home design book, America's superstar residential architect provides homeowners the guidance and language to get what they wa...

Newman, Peter & Matan, Annie

Biographical Note:Annie Matan is a researcher and lecturer at Curtin University Sustainability Policy (CUSP) Institute in Australia, interested in creating sustainable, vibrant and people-focused urban places. She has worked in state and local government, and joined CUSP in 2011 after finishing her PhD at Curtin University. Peter Newman is the Professor of Sustainability at Cur...

William Lidwell

Henry-Russell Hitchcock

Le Corbusier

Chris Lefteri

Kenneth Frampton

This acclaimed survey of modern architecture and its origins has become a classic since it first appeared in 1980. For the fourth edition Kenneth Frampton has added a major new section that explores the effects of globalization on architecture in recent years and examines the phenomenon of international celebrity architects who are increasingly active all over the world. The bi...

Gehl, Jan

For more than forty years Jan Gehl has helped to transform urban environments around the world based on his research into the ways people actually use--or could use--the spaces where they live and work. Inthis revolutionary book, Gehl presents his latest work creating (or recreating) cityscapes on a human scale. He clearly explains the methods and tools he uses to reconfigure u...

Robert Venturi

John Ruskin

Krista Sykes

Alejandro Aravena

Janelle Zara

An illuminating guide to a career as an architect written by art and design journalist Janelle Zara and based on the real-life experiences of two experts in the field—required reading for someone considering a path to this rewarding profession.Go behind the scenes and be mentored by the best to find out what it's really like, and what it really takes, to become an architect. De...

Elena Poniatowska

¡Los cadetes están en su primera misión! Tendrán que aprender a trabajar en equipo para rescatar a sus amigos Pío y Pía. ...

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Robert Venturi

Jesse Reiser

Architects Jesse Reiser and Nanako Umemoto have been generating some of the most provocative thinking in the field for nearly twenty years. With "Atlas of Novel Tectonics," Reiser+Umemoto hone in on the many facets of architecture and illuminate their theories with great thought and simplicity. The "Atlas" is organized as an accumulation of short chapters that address the worki...

Helen Armstrong

The titles in our best-selling Design Brief series are highly praised by graphic design students, educators, and professionals worldwide as invaluable resources. Each beautifully designed, affordable volume offers a concise overview of a design fundamentalthe hows of design. But as most seasoned designers will tell you, a comprehensive education also requires an understanding o...

Eyal Weizman

Leslie Kern

Ciudad feminista de Leslie Kern explica con ejemplos prácticos cómo la planificación de los espacios públicos diseñados desde y hacia una experiencia masculina afecta a las mujeres y otras identidades. El espacio público no es neutral. Los metros cuadrados asignados a los baños públicos y la forma de segmentarlos, las paradas de colectivos, la iluminación de las calles, caminar...

Becker, Joshua

El popular bloguero y autor de The More of Less nos enseña cómo transformar metódicamente nuestro hogar en un entorno de paz, serenidad y vida útil. Uno de los más influyentes defensores del minimalismo nos ofrece una visita por nuestra propia casa o apartamento, enseñándonos de qué debemos deshacernos y qué debemos conservar. Nos ofrece las directrices básicas para simplificar...

Gorelik, Adrian

La expresión ciudad latinoamericana remite hoy con exclusividad a las grandes metrópolis que crecen sin control, escenarios amenazantes de violencia e inseguridad. Este libro reconstruye, en cambio, una historia fulgurante en la que la ciudad latinoamericana imantó el pensamiento y la acción, como punto de cruce entre los lenguajes de las ciencias sociales en su momento más exp...

Wai Architecture Think Tank

* Despliega, a través de 100 conceptos, la importancia, las posibilidades, los retos y los roles que desempeña la arquitectura en la configuración del mundo.* Profusamente ilustrado y de lectura accesible, combina explicaciones claras de cada tema con ejemplos visuales aplicados tanto en la teoría como en la práctica.* Concebido como un volumen de referencia intergeneracional y...

Alain De Botton

The Achitecture of Happiness is a dazzling and generously illustrated journey through the philosophy and psychology of architecture and the indelible connection between our identities and our locations.One of the great but often unmentioned causes of both happiness and misery is the quality of our environment: the kinds of walls, chairs, buildings, and streets that surround us....