Mario Botta/Spanish/English

La Habana, la capital de Cuba, tiene el características de cada etapa de la historia de la isla, de sus tradiciones autóctonas de la introducción de la cultura europea en el siglo XV con el desarrollo de la amalgama de estas influencias que es inconfundiblemente cubano. En este volumen, el autor presenta la arquitectura y la historia de La Habana - parte del cual ha sido declarada por la UNESCO Patrimonio de la Humanidad.

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.

- Martin Parr (b.1952) is one of the best-known and most influential British photographers working today, acclaimed for his frank chronicling of life and society - This introductory monograph charts Parr's entire career including early black and white photographs, unpublished images made over the last five years, and works from all his major projects, including The Last Resort and Think of England - Parr is a prolific book-maker and collector, as well as a long-standing member of the Magnum Photos agency. This new title is an affordable companion to his other Phaidon publications which...

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.