El Palacio Nacional

A dazzling oasis of neon, there's always something happening in this desert hot spot. In recent years Las Vegas has been reinvigorated with an influx of hip new hotels, restaurants, clubs and casinos. Day or night there's always a scene! With savvy and panache, this insider guide shows you how to get past the velvet rope and into the spotlight.

Munich has a wide-variety of different restaurants, where not only good food, but also design and architecture play a leading role. From a classically designed restaurant with a modern interpretation of local cuisine, a Sushi bar with contemporary interior or a trendy bar with a futuritistic ambiance-Cool Restaurants Munich guides the visitor through the 25 most popular restaurants, bars and lounges. With addresses, essential information and as a top tip-a selection of excellent chef's recipes. Book jacket.

Hospitals and health centers are a unique category of architecture with clearly defined characteristics. Health architecture must offer imaginative, constructive responses and flexible solutions to the problems raised by this special and flexible solutions to the problems raised by this special type of facility: planning, budgets and space as well as the idiosyncrasies arising from each particular field of health. New Health Facilities presents the best examples of health architecture constructed in recent years and each of the architects demonstrates a solid understanding of the need to...

El contenido general de la obra, que abarca diez volúmenes, se estructuró con dos formatos: el primero para las definiciones de términos arquitectónicos y las biografías ordenadas alfabéticamente, y el segundo para los capítulos. Por una parte, los capítulos comprenden la historia resaumida del desarrollo arquitectónico de las principales culturas y países con la información de sus estilos, ciudades principales, exponentes y obras representativas. Por otro, se encuentran los géneros de edificios con características comúnes de acuerdo a su función básica; se estudian y analizan ...