Ciudad Memoria y Paisaje

Publication of the conference papers from the continuation of the international seminar and project laboratory by César Naselli, Noemi Goytia, Susana Olmos, Mónica Bertolino and Claudio Ferrari, the written works by Roberto Doberti, Gustavo Dallman and Mariana Dolbú on townscape /landscape, architectonical composition, environment efficiency and productivity.

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.

El más célebre artista del Renacimiento, Miguel ángel, renació enamorado de un joven cuando tenía cincuenta años. Bernini se quemó la pierna delante de sus ayudantes para que éstos conocieran el rostro del sufrimiento y pudiesen después cincelar a san Lorenzo. Un criado degolló a la segunda mujer de Frank Lloyd Wright y prendió fuego a la casa que el arquitecto había construido para ella; a partir de ese incendio Wright resurgiría hasta tres veces de las cenizas. En la Viena finisecular, el joven Adolf Loos se convirtió en mecenas de Arnold Schönberg y en el primer...

A man (evidently the architect Mies van der Rohe), stands in a room in a glass-and-steel building. This is the scene that author Ricardo Daza uses for his investigation into the man, the room, the building, and what the architect is looking at. Looking for Mies unfolds like a detective novel, complete with deductions, revelations, and conclusions about the architect's work. This fascinating study of van der Rohe is illustrated with 160 duotones.