San Juan del Río

Revealing the pleasure of contemplation, a well-known aesthetic professor journeys to the four corners of the earth, admiring the arts, architecture, and the people.

The Design of the home continues to be of great interest to both architects and designers. How to configure a living space according to the characteristics of a site and the specification of the client is still the starting point of any house project. However, the final solutions can be as diverse as they can be interesting. This publication takes a specific look at the way architecture will evolve when regarding inhabitations around the world due to climatic changes and different cultural expectations.

Un nuevo y amplio ensayo sobre este admirado estilo en la arquitectura, con ejemplos de sus comienzos "brutales" en los años 50 hasta nuestros días. Nos presenta muchos edificios brutalistas casi desconocidos del antiguo bloque comunista de Europa y de otros lugares del planeta. Contiene el trabajo de los grandes arquitectos contemporáneos como Zaha Hadid, David Chipperfield, Herzog & de Meuron, John Pawson, Jean Nouvel, Toyo Ito, Peter Zumthor, Daniel Libeskind, Thomas Heatherwick, Rem Koolhaas / OMA, Peter Eisenman, O Tadao Ando. Contiene el trabajo de los grandes maestros del siglo XX...

A compilation of detailed texts and historic photographic images of the architectural heritage of Medellín, its streets, churches, buildings, hospitals. Many of the places documented have been demolished and the photographers are the only remaining witnesses to study the transformation of its urban landscape over the centuries. A catalogue of buildings is included with images in the "Note" section at the end of the book.