Wellness Homes

1998 Premio Bienal: Historia Both an architectural and a social history, this book examines the social implications of the elaborate design, construction, and decor details of Colombian republican houses of the 19th and 20th centuries. The elegant hallways, warm bedrooms, and eclectic combinations of foreign styles are the main characteristics of Colombia's post-colonial homes and an evocative means to rediscover the majesty of Colombia’s Belle Époque. Una historia tanto de arquitectura como de una sociedad, este libro fotográfico ilumina las implicaciones sociales de los elaborados...

How much importance do we give to the settings in which we live, sleep and relax when we go travelling? Nowadays travel usually means spending time in hotels, and these establishments have set about specializing in order to satisfy the varied needs of their guests. In this book we have sought to open a window on today's highly innovative hotels by showcasing some particularly attractive examples from all over the world. All the hotels that we have gathered together are united by a quest for up-to-date design aimed at providing a welcome for business travelers or tourists.

Al dedicarse a Cuba, el presente trabajo pretende contribuir a cerrar uno de los tantos vacíos en el tratamiento de la arquitectura de los países del llamado Tercer Mundo. Siendo un país pequeño, lo especial de Cuba y su importancia en un contexto latinoamericano y global reside en buena parte en el camino diferente que anda de 1959 en adelante. Más allá de las opiniones que este camino pueda merecer a nivel político, el presente trabajo contempla y se orienta por la arquitectura: que sean los frutos los que digan ante qué árbol se está. Para esto, las ciudades y las casas han sido...

A detailed study that examines the architecture of Fernando Martínez Sanabria (b. Spain, lived and worked in Colombia since 1938- d. 1991) throughout one of his most recognized buildings: the building of the Caja Agraria (1965) located in Barranquilla. The author examines this commercial project from its initial design process and proposes an analytical view of the building through its anatomical construction systems of light and semi-darkness developed by architect Martínez Sanabria.