Temas de resistencia de materiales

A compilation of essays that have been written by academics and professionals; from various points of view, perspectives and theories into post-modern architecture.

¿Podría ser que las ficciones distópicas de 1984 y Un mundo feliz no fueran ni tan ficciones ni tan distópicas? Lo que en 1984 era una fantasía, hoy no lo es ni mucho menos. Vivimos conectados a dispositivos que emiten y reciben incansablemente información sobre nuestra actividad, que nos ubican, mediante los que nos comunicamos y definimos ante el mundo. Sin embargo, lo que en 1984 formaba parte de un aparato de control impositivo, hoy es una necesidad básica del individuo. Hoy ya nadie nos vigila, porque nos vigilamos nosotros mismos, no es necesario implementar complejos mecanismos...

Directory of the International Union of Architects, containing by-laws, ethics, competition regulations, committee meeting dates and locations, committee member listings, country member listings and a brief historical sketch of the union.

The Magic Box, carried out by Dominique Perrault Architecture, is more than a public sports facility. It is a whole conceptual, urbanistic and constructive manifesto through the insertion of a radically contemporary building in a sensitive environment, which has helped to regenerate the southern edge of the city of Madrid and to round off the urban banks of the Manzanares River. The book includes unpublished texts by Andreas Ruby (a didactic essay) and Hans Ulrich Ibrist (an exclusive interview). It also includes a technical dossier dedicated to the construction of the building highly...