Address to RIBA 1957
 Ceiling Council Chambers at City Hall Säynätsalo. Photos: Trevor Patt, Flickr
Alvar Aalto was an architect of few words. More confident in their own works to express their ideas on what should be the architecture and urbanism of the twentieth century. Mientras otros insignes Representantes de la arquitectura del Movimiento Moderno como, atesoraban todo lo que escribían. Es que Conocido Le Corbusier publicaba rigurosamente en la famosa Complete ouvre Trabajos y sus textos acompañados numerosos de dibujos y fotografias ilustrativas.
Wave, however, no I do not Sol prodigarse escritos más sobre su trabajo under the de su lengua natal, el Sueco. Lo que hace que sus opiniones sobre la arquitectura sean poco conocidas tanto en el pasado como en Nuestros días.
In 1957, members of the Royal Instituteof British Architects awarded him its traditional annual Gold Medal for the occasion offered at the London headquarters of the institution the next conference we have translated for publication here. Perhaps his ideas sound a little child today, but some of them are still relevant premonitory.
This text appears in the anthology compilation of 75 Aalto lectures and essays he published Goran Schildt in 1998 under the patronage of publisher Rizzoli New York.
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A reflection on the Law 8/2013 Rehabilitation, Regeneration and Urban Renewal
By Federico García Barba
 District of the Chumberas in La Laguna, Tenerife. The structures of these residential buildings are severely affected by aluminosis
In Spain, the construction sector is going through a crucial time for the future. After more than five years of destruction of traditional economic model based on the promotion of new residential building, seems that institutions are betting heavily on a new path that will focus on the rehabilitation of existing housing stock.
It will be a process of radical change for the different players in the sector. One strategy that the central government supports up forcefully through the Ministry of Public Works and National Housing Plan 2013-2016. Since in 2008, compulsorily implanted Técnicade Building Inspection under certain conditions and, especially along 2013, the purpose of government is to mobilize the population to undertake the maintenance, rehabilitation and renovation of older homes. And thereby, promote the renovation of the damaged areas of cities. So, this year, have appeared successive laws that encourage the reorientation of architecture and construction activity towards improving the existing building.
This is what has happened with the Royal Decrees 233/2013 by regulating the State Housing Plan (LPEV) and 235/2013 on the energy certification of buildings (LCEE). And more recently, with the Law 8/2013 Rehabilitation, regeneration and urban renewal (LRRRU) to which to dedicate this reflection and briefly presented here.
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 The extreme disparity between islands climate. Map of average annual precipitation in the Canary Islands. From the book Building Energy Sustainability in the Canaries
In Spain, the construction sector is going through a crucial time for the future. After more than five years of destruction of the traditional model of economic performance based on the promotion of new residential building opens a new path based on the rehabilitation of existing housing stock.
It is a process of radical change that the central government overwhelmingly supports a. Since in 2008 that is implanted Técnicade Building Inspection mandatory under certain conditions and, above all, along 2013 the tendency of government is to achieve mobilize the population to undertake the maintenance and restructuring of cities and older homes. So have appeared successive laws that encourage the reorientation of architecture and construction activity towards improving the existing building. Some problems errors and dysfunctions, as exists in relation to the Energy Efficiency Certification Canary Islands and reveals Araceli Reymundo in the following technical.
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By Federico García Barba
 Granite cubes waterfront. Finisterre Cemetery. César Portela, 2000. Photos: Roberto Regatos
Every person has a transcendent aspiration although sometimes not aware of it. This is what happens to César Portela, architect, whose love of country than the mere recognition of a well-loved landscape. Almost all of his work summarizes a curious expressed pantheistic character with a passion overflowed in buildings and constructions, that can only be understood as Galician.
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By Javier Dasdores Arms
 Urban perspective of the Casa da Musica in Porto from the Rua Vanzeleres. Rem Koolhaas OMA y, 2001. Photos: Javier Dasdores
En The Visitor1, Walter Vale, a mature and withdrawn Connecticut university professor, surprising to an immigrant couple occupying his Manhattan apartment, a home visit infrequently and that has been fraudulently rented for unscrupulous undesirable. Apparently Walter is the rightful owner of the house where the two young men were introduced there home setting, a priori about squatters vulgar victims of a real estate scam. But who actually appropriates space who, Zainab and Tarek to cross the border unquestionable private property or the professor who breaks into the house at midnight no less compelling violating the boundaries of a sensory dimension rightfully youth?
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 House of Fantasy, Almere. Holland. Jan Benthem, 1984
Everyone has a representation of an ideal home in which you would like to live. Those architects who pride themselves on this join this basic desire to express a willingness particular poetic there that is linked to their conception of architecture. A wonderful book entitled The home of architect (The architect’s home), published in 2013 by Taschen, about finding that special thought to inventory 100 European architects houses recognized, made in the last two centuries.
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By Federico García Trujillo
 Plaza of Tiananmen, Beijing. De la series "Photo Opportunities". Corine Vionnet
From Here On. Now’ (Henceforth) is an exhibition program, through which reviews some of the main features of the so-called postphotography. This review attempts to provide a critical reflection on the exhibition closed last 13 April 2013 Center Arts Santa Monica in Barcelona.
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 Study Design Bauhaus en'la working staff. Walter Gropius, 1923
Teaching has imagined architecture through exhibitions is a very persuasive to get these ideas can become reality. At present such a strategy that the architects have exercised for centuries is what has dedicated this lecture series A. The. Mellon, Barry Bergdoll is giving in this time-from early April- en la National Gallery de Washington.
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By Fredy Massad and Alicia Guerrero Yeste *
 Bank of London and South America, Buenos Aires. Clorindo Testa, 1966
Testa was a reference of modern architecture Argentina. Influenced by European architects like Le Corbusier, had a deep creative imagination.
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 Ostrich Pillow Kawamura por-Ganjavian of Studio Banana
A Spanish architects of my generation has invaded the melancholy. After six long years of crisis in the construction sector, we can not understand yet how completely gone here a sector that had given us a task to society.
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