Bienvenidos a Bonfist

Visiting an exhibition by Leonardo Nierman is penetrating a space that invites us to dream in infinities, to discover exteriors and interiors of cosmic worlds. The exhibition Genesis de un Sueno (Genesis of a Dream) mounted at the Contemporary University Museum of Art in Mexico City conveyed such sensations to visitors. Running from May through August of 1996, it featured three hundred of Nierman's works spanning forty years and was reinstalled by popular demand through January 1997. Its beauty and mystery are now captured in this elegant volume. Nierman: Genesis de un Sueno is a celebration...

El ensayo de Fritz Neumeyer es una verdadera biografía intelectual de Mies, en la que se va identificando la secuencia de lecturas e influencias determinantes en la formación de Mies: Nietzsche, Behrens, Riehl, Spranger, Berlage, Franzé, Guardini, Jaeger ..., Neumeyer entrecruza estas lecturas con la obra arquitectónica y teórica de Mies, ofreciendo el tejido vivo de la actividad y pensamiento de uno de los maestros de la arquitectura moderna. Se publican en apéndice los diarios de Mies, textos de conferencias suyas, cartas y ensayos inéditos, junto con los manifiestos más conocidos....

This number of the monographic series is dedicated to restoration specialist, architect and watercolor painter Villa Chávez (b. Mexico). This extensive study of Villa Chávez life and architecture is divided in 2 parts: the first reviews his academic career and his professional practice in Guadalajara and Colima. A second part reviews in detail his restoration projects, his architecture, his open space interventions and his pictorial production (watercolors and drawings). Amongst other academic contributions Villa Chávez founded the School of Architecture in the University of Colima and was ...

Private Tuscany takes a look into the homes of Italy's most romantic region, revealing their characteristic architecture and the rich variety of their interior styles.