Built heritage

The Legacy and Potential of Spanish Construction.
2012

Built heritage

The Legacy and Potential of Spanish Construction.
2012

In the opaque world of nineteen eighties civil engineering, its lead actors, civil engineers, went generally unnoticed by the public at large. In an ambience of theory and praxis created by a bare handful of maestros, their disciples designed and erected ever more efficient and better built roads, canals and harbours.

Roofs

Outstanding Spanish roofs.
2011

Roofs

Outstanding Spanish roofs.
2011

This book could be said to adopt the form of an inquiry, in which temporal continuity is honoured throughout. Whilst all buildings have roofs, some are so striking that they seem to overshadow everything else. A roof may become the building's theme, assuming a personality of its own, irrespective of any subordinate protective role or coverage of the rest.

High Speed

The New High-speed Rail System in Spain.
2010

High Speed

The New High-speed Rail System in Spain.
2010

Accession to the EU raised Spain's infrastructure investment budget considerably, enabling the country to upgrade its networks to European standards. Those appropriations were earmarked exclusively for investment schemes geared to reducing imbalance and favouring integration. The result was fierce competition among regions to improve their communications systems and vertebrate their territory.

Footbridges

The Lightness of Spanish Footbridges.
2009

Footbridges

The Lightness of Spanish Footbridges.
2009

The differences between foot- and road/railway bridges are obvious and their similarities subtle. Lightness, one of the concepts to understanding built culture, distinguishes footbridges and roofs from road/railway bridges and buildings.

Structures

Structures for Outstanding Spanish Buildings.
2008

Structures

Structures for Outstanding Spanish Buildings.
2008

This book explores new avenues in pursuit of a fuller understanding of the implications of the structure-architecture binomial, beyond the usual platitudes. A building's structure is one of its essential components, with a role that transcends the mere prevention of its collapse by withstanding natural and service loads. This essay analyses the spatial role of the bearing structure as an element that enhances building design.

Bridges

The Character of Spanish Bridges.
2007

Bridges

The Character of Spanish Bridges.
2007

Bridges are the superstars of civil engineering. In the absence of synoptic overviews, the enormous effort deployed over the last 30 years to inventory Spain's bridge historic heritage is much appreciated. Many thousands of bridges have been inventoried in exquisite detail. In this book they are studied on the grounds of their significance, technological development and meaning as real-world structures.

Energy

La pujanza de la energía eléctrica en España [The force of electric power in Spain].
2006

Energy

La pujanza de la energía eléctrica en España [The force of electric power in Spain].
2006

Book in Spanish only on the significance, development and meaning of electric power in Spain and the operation of the national grid.

Tunnels and Bridges

Túneles y viaductos para los caminos españoles [Tunnels and viaducts for Spanish roads].
2005

Tunnels and Bridges

Túneles y viaductos para los caminos españoles [Tunnels and viaducts for Spanish roads].
2005

Book in Spanish only discussing general ideas on tunnel and viaduct construction, the development of tunnel and viaduct building technology and the obstacles posed by Spain's physio-geography to its land communications.

Harbours

Al abrigo de los puertos españoles [Sheltered by Spanish harbours].
2004

Harbours

Al abrigo de los puertos españoles [Sheltered by Spanish harbours].
2004

Book in Spanish only with four chapters devoted to the significance, operation, development and meaning of harbours.

Dams

La enjundia de las presas españolas [The power of Spanish dams].
2002

Dams

La enjundia de las presas españolas [The power of Spanish dams]
2002

Book in Spanish only addressing the significance, meaning and development of dams.