Building on Challenging Ground

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  • ISBN 9788417557744
  • Dimensions: 170 x 230mm
  • Publication Date: 09 Jul 2024
  • Publisher: Instituto Monsa de Ediciones
  • Publication City/Country: ES
  • Product Form: Hardback
  • Language: English
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From environmentally integrated solutions to site-specific designs, this book offers valuable insights for architects, designers, and anyone passionate about sustainable and site-responsive architecture.

Architecture in uneven terrains challenges conventions and invites us to rethink the relationship between the natural environment and human design. In this book, we explore the creations of various architects who have embraced the challenge of building in arid terrains, with steep slopes and among imposing rocks. Through their works, we discover how architecture can harmoniously merge with nature, defying the limitations of the terrain and creating spaces that inspire awe and admiration. Whether in cliffside homes or in deserts, these constructions demonstrate the power of creativity and engineering to transform the inhospitable into the habitable, the rugged into the beautiful.