Ciudad Memoria y Paisaje

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 recent boom of Chilean architecture of international and national recognition has been widely documented and promoted in mass publications, books and specialized journals. This book is a collaboration project between different architects that contribute to this process with critical texts of the historic contexts and problems faced by the urban-architectural practice in Chile, highlighting how the political-cultural events of the last 3 decades has influenced local construction. With texts by Jorge Fco. Liernur, Fernando Pérez, Federico Deambrosis and Pedro Bannen, and a prologue by...

Estrategias Contrapuestas La selección de trabajos aquí presentados ilustra un elenco de arquitectos jóvenes (-50) o muy jóvenes (-40) cuya obra –a veces, incluso, opera prima- muestra una calidad y madurez más que destacable. Se pretende mostrar obras realizadas recientemente, coincidiendo con una situación económica que ha dificultado, a muchos de ellos, que puedan poner en práctica sus conocimientos en la vida real. Es por esta razón, que esta "generación casi perdida" es la que se pretende poner en valor aquí. Una generación nueva, con una actitud distinta, pues en algunos...

A panoramic view of representative projects of contemporary architecture in Mexico from 2007-2008. The selection consists of 78 completed projects been selected that reflect the tendencies in architecture for private housing, public complexes, commercial, business and industrial developments. The features stand out in this third in the series: new teams, previously unrepresented, academic and hotels begin to appear and more small, experimental buildings. Some of the architects and collectives include: LCM, Fernando Romero with FRENTE, Juan Pablo Maza, Alberto Kalach, Isaac Broid Zajman, MAS...