Libros de ÁFRICA: ARQUITECTURA Y ARTE

ARCHITECTURES DE TERRE DANS L'OUEST AFRICAIN

Qu'il s'agisse de casbahs somptueuses ou de frustes mosquées, de ksour impressionnants ou de modestes masures, les architectures en terre crue de l'Ouest africain ...

DEATH ON THE NILE

Death on the Nile deepens our understanding of the lives and concerns of ancient Egyptians as they prepared themselves for death and burial. Building ...

PORTUGAL AU MAROC, LE REGARD SUR UN PATRIMOINE COMMUN

CLEOPATRA

Cleopatra sigue despertando irresistible curiosidad e interés incluso hoy en día. ¿Por qué?. ¿Quién fue realmente la última reina de Egipto?. Cleopatra VII Thea ...

CARTA ARQUEOLÓGICA DEL NORTE DE MARRUECOS (2008-2012) "PROSPECCIÓN Y YACIMIENTOS, UN PRIMER AVANCE VOL. 1"

El libro es el resultado de las prospecciones del proyecto de investigación "Carta Arqueológica del Norte de marruecos" que se desarrolló entre 2008 y ...

ARQUITECTURA DE TIERRA EN MARRUECOS "EL VALLE OUTAT EN EL ALTO ATLAS"

El valle del Outat está situado en el área Nororiental del Alto Atlas, gran macizo montañoso que forma parte de una de las cuatro ...

AFRIQUES: ARCHITECTURE, INFRAESTRUCTURE ET TERRITORIES EN DEVENIR

AFRICA DRAWN. ONE HUNDRED CITIES

Africa - a continent of small villages in the jungle and savannah? Certainly not. The urbanisation of the continent is advancing rapidly, while African ...

DISCOVERING DOWNTOWN CAIRO. ARCHITECTURE AND STORIES

This scholarly guide presents a detailed survey of the plans and typologies of apartment buildings from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in downtown Cairo. ...

CONTEMPORARY DESIGN AFRICA

Finally a book on African design that celebrates the contemporary! It is packed with works that show how the continents rich array of craft ...

ADJAYE: DAVID ADJAYE. FORM, HEFT, MATERIAL

Born in Tanzania, David Adjaye (b. 1966) is rapidly emerging as a major international figure in architecture and design-and this stunning catalogue serves only ...

URBAN PLANNIG IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA. COLONIAL AND POST- COLONIAL PLANNING CULTURES

Cities in Sub-Saharan Africa are unequally confronted with social, economic and environmental challenges, particularly those related with population growth, urban sprawl, and informality. This ...

HABITAT MAROCAIN DOCUMENTS. DYNAICS BETWEEN FORMAL AND INFORMAL HOUSING

The Habitat Marocain housing project was built in Casablanca between 1954-56 by two Swiss architects, Jean Hentsch (1921-84) and Andre Studer (1926-2007). The complex ...

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF ANCIENT EGYPT.

This student-friendly introduction to the archaeology of ancient Egypt guides readers from the Paleolithic to the Greco-Roman periods, and has now been updated to ...

II JORNADAS DE ARQUITECTURA Y COOPERACIÓN AL DESARROLLO, 2ª, 18 Y 19 OCTUBRE 201 "CONTRA EL HAMBRE DE VIVIENDA +20"

II Jornadas Internacionales de Arquitectura y Cooperación. Contra el hambre de vivienda +20, coordinado por M. Martín Hernández y V. Díaz García, recoge aportaciones ...

WEST AFRICAN CITY

Rapid growth, unmanageable cities, urban crisis - the cities of West Africa are no longer plannable,at least not by using traditional urban development tools. ...

SCIENCE IN THE STUDY OF ANCIENT EGYPT

There is a notable lack of archaeological science used in Egyptology and Egyptian archaeology today. The reasons behind this are twofold: one, the discipline ...

FRY: ARCHITECTURE OF EDWIN MAXWELL FRY AND JANE DREW. TWENTIETH CENTURY ARCHITECTURE, PIONEER MODERNISM

Maxwell Fry and Jane Drew were pioneers of Modern Architecture in Britain and its former colonies from the late 1920s through to the early ...

CASABLANCA CHANDIGARH. A REPORT ON MODERNIZATION

This richly illustrated volume invites us to think afresh about urban life and the modern city by offering images and analyses of two very ...

HEALTHY HOMES IN TROPICAL ZONES. IMPROVING RURAL HOUSING IN ASI AND AFRICA

Throughout the tropics a huge diversity in house design and use of building materials can be observed, based on centuries of local experience, customs, ...