Hannes Meyer

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...

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...

Este libro trata de los estilos y las tendencias de la primera mitad del siglo XX que están ausentes o son marginales en las historias de la arquitectura moderna, pero que fueron importantes e influyentes en la época en la que nacieron. En el texto se analizan los movimientos expresionistas y simbolistas tanto como los estilos épicos modernos, el Futurismo, el Art Déco, el Novecento, la arquitectura metafísica, el monumentalismo industrial babilónico y los diversos tipos de clasicismo. Con ello se pretende restituir toda su riqueza y complejidad a la historia de la arquitectura moderna...

Ten examples of "private neighborhoods" or residential urbanizations mainly in the area surrounding Buenos Aires mostly built between 1990-2000 including neighborhoods with communal services, the country club, small farms or "club de chacras," a mountain village and large towns.