1957-2017 After a long illness, Luis Maldonado Ramos passed away in Cádiz on 29 August. Chaired professor of Architectural Construction and Technology at Madrid’s Universidad Politécnica, Maldonado was a referent in the fields of architectural refurb

After a long illness, Luis Maldonado Ramos passed away in Cádiz on 21 August. Chair Professor of Architectural Construction and Technology at Madrid Polytechnic (UPM), Maldonado was a leader in the field of architectural restoration and rehabilitatio

Luis Maldonado   Compressed Earth Block (CEB) is a building material that is habitually used to raise walls using conventional construction techniques. It can come it different sizes, but the most common one is 15x15x30 centimeters. The most unusual aspect of the CEB

Luis Maldonado   Thanks to its environmental benefits and also to its aesthetic qualities, the different techniques applied to construction with mud still have a future in architecture. 

Luis Maldonado   Principios para el estudio, la protección y la conservación de la Arquitectura Tradicional