Smith-Miller + Hawkinson

Having graduated from Cornell University, Richard Meier established his own architectural firm in New York City in 1963, around a group known as the "Five Architects" of New York. This book includes 70 works and projects, chronologically ordered, from his first private houses around New York, to the most recent cultural centres, museums, corporate buildings and city planning for different cities in Europe, Asia and USA. This book, abundantly illustrated and documented, offers a chronological survey, from the first houses in the Hamptons to the most recent buildings including the Getty Center...

Interest in living off the grid, i.e. self-sufficiently without relying on public services such as the municipal water supply, electricity, or local sewage and gas systems, has come on the scene as a greener, cheaper, and more independent way of life. Homes that are off-grid generally allow for a smaller carbon footprint, and a sense of freedom and self-sufficiency. Living Off-Grid sets you free from depending on a company, either using solar panels, wind turbines, a micro water system, or a combination of these technologies. Other times, an Off-Grid system can work as an energy backup or be...

Este libro recoge el estudio de uno de los ejemplos más sobresalientes de la Arquitectura del Movimiento Moderno de Asturias: el conjunto histórico industrial de la Central de Soto de Ribera y los conjuntos residenciales de Soto del Rey y de Ribera de Arriba, cuyos trabajos constructivos se iniciaron en 1959, bajo la promoción de las sociedades de Electra de Viesgo, S.A. e Hidroeléctrica del Cantábrico, S.A.\r\nEntre los valores más singulares del conjunto resultan especialmente destacables las intervenciones realizadas por el arquitecto Álvarez Castelao, en el diseño y planificación ...

Se trata de un trabajo de homenaje al Dr. Alberto C. Ibáñez Pérez, catedrático de Historia del Arte de la Universidad de Burgos, en el que han participado colegas universitarios, académicos e intelectuales amigos de este profesor. Se trata de un trabajo d