La arquitectura de las diversidades territoriales de Urabá

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.

This volume features 25 architectural works constructed in Chile by architect Valdés between 1963 and 2007. It also comprises a series of texts that the author gathered after several conversations with the architect from 2001 to 2006, in a first-hand account of the creative process established by the architect about design, material, construction and space.

Índice de contenidos: Elogio de la luz. Notas sobre la arquitectura de Kazuhiro Kojima por Peter Ebner Obras y proyectos: Viviendas Space Block Kamishinjo, Osaka Instituto de educación secundaria Hakuo, Kurihara Casa Himuro, Hirakata Clínica veterinaria Tsuda, Hirakata Viviendas Space Block, Hanoi Villas SOHO, Pekín Centro de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica, Tokio Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias, Doha Casa museo Ota, Ota Escuela primaria y secundaria Gunma, Ota Viviendas Space Block Nozawa, Tokio Toyo Ito. Una visita a la Escuela Mihama Utase Escuela primaria Mihama Utase,...

A detailed study that examines the architecture of Fernando Martínez Sanabria (b. Spain, lived and worked in Colombia since 1938- d. 1991) throughout one of his most recognized buildings: the building of the Caja Agraria (1965) located in Barranquilla. The author examines this commercial project from its initial design process and proposes an analytical view of the building through its anatomical construction systems of light and semi-darkness developed by architect Martínez Sanabria.