Name: building skins (in Spanish)
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Author: Octavio Mestre
ISBN: 9788415223177

Type

Physical Book

Author

Octavio Mestre

Publisher

instituto monsa de ediciones, s.a.

Year

2011

Language

Spanish

Pages

224

ISBN13

9788415223177

Edited in

España

Synopsis "building skins (in Spanish)"

El libro se articula en tres capítulos: uno trata sobre materiales de acabado de fachadas, otro sobre la idea de “dobles pieles” y un tercero sobre intervenciones en contextos históricos. El primero habla del ladrillo, el revoco o la piedra como de algunos de los materiales con los que hemos acabado nuestras obr

as, en función del contexto en las que se encontraban. En el segundo caso, la estrategia compositi

Octavio Mestre

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Octavio Mestre is a Spanish architect who graduated with honors from the Barcelona School of Architecture (ETSAB). After receiving various scholarships in European countries, he served as a professor in the Department of Theory and Composition at ETSAB from 1983 to 1988, and worked in the Planning Services of the Barcelona City Council from 1987 to 1990. In 1990, he founded his own studio, OMA Octavio Mestre Architects.

Among his notable projects is the HLM housing block in Toulouse, France, which won the National Award for Social Housing in 1993. Additionally, he has carried out the comprehensive renovation of the L’illa Diagonal Shopping Center and the Olivé Gumà Clinic in Barcelona. Recently, his studio has completed the headquarters of Magic Box in Sant Cugat del Vallès, selected by the ArchDaily platform as "Building of the Year" globally.

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