Door & window design

The book is a thorough analysis of the architectonic and urban development of the city of Oaxaca from the last decades of the colonial period to the early 20th century. The author presents a novel revision of the city during the Porfirio Diaz regime, concluding that Oaxaca was the natural historic consequence of previous periods. Enclosed booklet is a graphic appendix.

El apartado más honesto de cualquier periódico es la publicidad. Las noticias o las columnas de opinión siempre están manchadas por unos determinados intereses. La publicidad, en cambio, aunque mienta y exagere, nos revela con mucha exactitud cuáles son los miedos y las esperanzas de toda una sociedad. En este libro repasamos una etapa de cambios radicales, el siglo XIX. Cuando Napoleón invadió Europa, la gente se desplazaba a caballo y se iluminaba con velas. Menos de un siglo después, ya existía el ferrocarril, los barcos de vapor y los primeros automóviles. También aparecieron...

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.

The remarkably prolific career of an innovative young Chilean architect is profiled in this engaging study. Born in 1965 and in professional practice since 1991, this architect's impact on his native landscape is observed mainly in a series of private houses located in some of the most sublime sites in Chile. The forceful yet austere character of his design approach and its radical relationship to surrounding landscape elements can be fully appreciated by viewing this book's fine pictorial panorama.