Son innumerables los ejemplos de fincas destruidas en la ciudad de Guadalajara; pero también al interior del estado de Jalisco se dio este grave proceso que implicó la desaparición de importantes haciendas como la de Cuisillos, El Cabezón, Los Cedros, Atequiza, San Isidro Mazatepec, Buenavista, así como fábricas de hilados, papel, tabaco y espacios industriales. Es plausible, por ello, el esfuerzo que realiza la Editorial Universitaria no sólo...

The many and varied threads of Canada's national life come together in its capital region. Where the Rideau River flows into the Ottawa River, an Algonquin community was visited by French explorers and settled by British colonists. The town grew into a city, spilled over a provincial border, and now represents Canada to the world. Ottawa is a seat of government and has all the official edifices to show for it. But as Andrew Waldron shows you in Exploring...

Intégral: Revolutionary Engineering is a treatise of innovation in deep green building design, featuring stories and ideas from some of the world's leading engineers and designers. These inside stories share the challenges and lessons of many of Intégral Group's transformative designs around the world, including the first net zero lab, the largest net zero museum, the Grand Mosque in Mecca, healthy healthcare facilities in Europe, eco-districts...

In this increasingly digitized world, any investigation of architecture inevitably leads to considerations of fabrication. But despite its omnipresence in contemporary practice and theory, digital design remains a fluid concept, its development and current influence discussed in scattered articles.

The Terrace Plaza Hotel heralded the post-World War II revitalization of Cincinnati's urban core. The complex stands at 15 West Sixth Street, between Vine and Race streets, in the heart of the central business district. Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) between 1945 and 1946, the avant-garde Terrace Plaza opened in 1948 to national acclaim, being the first Modernist hotel built in the United States. But since 2008, it has stood empty, awaiting...

Amherst College: The Campus Guide is an architectural tour of one of North America's most prestigious liberal arts colleges. Founded in Western Massachusetts some two hundred years ago, the one-thousand-acre campus is a living museum of architectural history, bearing the imprint of distinguished firms in architecture and landscape architecture: Frederick Law Olmsted, McKim, Mead & White, Benjamin Thompson, Edward Larrabee Barnes, Shepley Bulfinch,...

The birthplace of the skyscraper, Chicago is famous for an architectural tradition that has influenced building around the globe. It is the cradle of modern architecture. It gave rise to the urban office building and to the flowing, open floor plans of today's homes. Chicago Architecture and Design chronicles the city's architecture from the 19th through the early 21st century: from the structural simplicity of Chicago School commercial building to...

Veilleur infatigable, le phare, système de signalisation maritime salvateur qui apparut dès l'Antiquité, guidait sans relâche les bateaux jusqu'à bon port. Si ce nom puise son origine de l'île Pharos qui abritait le phare d'Alexandrie, il semble que les volcans comme le Stromboli et ses irruptions fréquentes furent à l'origine de cette invention. Si, face à la modernité croissante des équipements des bateaux, ces sentinelles solitaires...

Symbole de promiscuité et de désirs solitaires, la ville est une promesse pour tous ceux qui s'y promènent. Ses rues alambiquées, ses quartiers anonymes et ses bruits incessants sont autant de paysages qui attirent l'innocent. Ses lumières qui la voilent, la fardent et la dévoilent, la transforment d'heure en heure, offrant au passant mille et un visages. Si les lumières matinales tirent la ville de sa torpeur et l'offrent virginale au jour...

The lighthouse, an indefatigable watchman, ceaselessly guides boats to their ports. This beacon of maritime signalisation has guided sailors since antiquity. The first known lighthouse appeared on the island of Pharos, and was the remarkable Lighthouse of Alexandria; however, it seems that volcanoes like Stromboli and its frequent eruptions were possibly at the origin of this invention, as the fires guided boats to their shores. Faced with the increasing...