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This series was the winner of the American Institute of Architects' prestigious "Award for Excellence in International Book Publishing". Each volume in this series is introduced with an essay on the architect, and a chronological or stylistic presentation of their most outstanding buildings and projects. No other series provides such a complete and concise summary of the world's leading architects' works. The volumes are fully illustrated in black-and-white with photos and project renderings.

The book analyses a selection of 10 houses and 14 buildings constructed in Costa Rica from 2000 to 2005 and that represent the current urban San Jose's growth trends. The domestic architecture reflects a higher purchasing power with an appreciation oh natural surroundings, the office and industrial buildings are aimed some at rescuing the historic downtown area while others were constructed in the suburban area of the city. Includes biographies of mentioned architects.

A study by the founder of the Escuela de Arquitectura de la Universidad del Bío-Bío. The first part is a history from pre-Columbian times to 1973, omitting the long colonial period. The second part considers the evolution of urbanism in Chile and includes a chronology of national and international architectural events and several annexes.

La presente obra esta organizada siguiendo los planes de estudio para la asignatura Elementos de máquinas de las carreras de Ingeniería Mecánica de las Facultades de Ingeniería de las Universidades Argentinas; no obstante, los temas, en uno u otro orden, son los mismos dictados en universidades de todo el mundo. Las características distintivas de este trabajo son, por un lado, la línea conductora del texto, que finaliza en el capitulo de diseño de árboles y ejes, a partir de la interpretación del fenómeno de la fatiga de los metales aplicada al diseño de los componentes de las...