Nueva York minimalista

Barcelona is a city renowned for its daring design sense where all kinds of commercial spaces have been remodelled or newly created by adventurous architects and interior designers. This book focuses on a wide range of shops distinguished not only for their original architecture and innovative design but also for the uniqueness of the products they sell and for the manner in which they are displayed. ? This indispensable guide to the finest retail spaces in Barcelona is conveniently formatted to fit into any handbag, backpack, or briefcase and includes a site map for ease of use. ? Lavishly...

The book analyses a selection of 10 houses and 14 buildings constructed in Costa Rica from 2000 to 2005 and that represent the current urban San Jose's growth trends. The domestic architecture reflects a higher purchasing power with an appreciation oh natural surroundings, the office and industrial buildings are aimed some at rescuing the historic downtown area while others were constructed in the suburban area of the city. Includes biographies of mentioned architects.

"Taking over the baton from their mentor and friend Eduardo Chillida, the architects Juan Carlos Sancho (San Sebastián, 1957) and Sol Madridejos (Madrid, 1958) have pursued a sensitive dialectic between matter and void that lies at the foundations of a fertile formal laboratory, one where the fold is an instrument with great potential in the attainment of structural, spatial, and material coherence. In these pages Arquitectura Viva presents a selection of four Spanish works – ranging from a small chapel to a large educational complex – in which the duo composes variations on the same...

Con el título Landscape + 100 palabras para habitarlo se ha querido presentar una condición del paisaje contemporáneo medido a través de una forma directa e inmediata: términos, definiciones, pensamientos, microrrelatos, textos breves, apuntes. Una colección de instantáneas fotográficas más que un único y completo recorrido crítico y teórico sobre el tema. Términos solicitados y redactados por autores que no son sólo arquitectos y paisajistas, sino también urbanistas, filósofos, críticos, poetas, geógrafos y escritores. Reflexiones que implican tanto categorías estéticas y ...

En ocasiones, la riqueza de la arquitectura palaciega y civil del Renacimiento en Úbeda y Baeza ha diluido el extraordinario aporte histórico y estético de sus iglesias a la percepción patrimonial de ambas ciudades. Articuladoras de su trama urbana y social a lo largo del tiempo y ejes centrales de las perspectivas de sus calles y plazas, las iglesias ubetenses y baezanas son elementos imprescindibles de su patrimonio histórico y el escenario tanto de la piedad, el mecenazgo y los deseos de notoriedad de sus oligarquías, como de las devociones más arraigadas en sus gentes desde hace...