Simon Ungers

Brief study of the rich architectonic and topographic expressions of the one-family houses and the collective dwelling constructed during the 20th century in México. During this post-Revolution period the mass options became models of good taste, functionality and technological possibilities for the growing urban spaces.

Tal vez, amigo lector, hayas escuchado la leyenda maya de la Xtabay y sepas que es una mujer endemoniadamente hermosa que embruja a los hombres y se los lleva a su guarida, “allá debajo de la tierra, donde las ceibas mágicas prenden sus raíces”... “todo aquél que haya seguido a la Xtabay, jamás regresó y todo aquél que la encontró la siguió...” ¿Pero por qué se los lleva? ¿Qué la hace tan irresistible a los ojos de sus víctimas? ¿De qué artes negras echa mano la Xtabay para llevarse a sus elegidos? En este cuento pretendemos explicarte esos misterios, vinculándolos...

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.

"Barcelona" presents a study-in text and photographic image-of one of the most architecturally fascinating and impressive cities in the world. From the Gaudí cathedral to Albert Viaplana and Helio Piñón's recent Centre de Cultura Contemporània, from the Palau de la Musica to the Dali Museum, what we find is a city whose magnificent strength lies in the coexistence of its amazingly diverse and historically disparate variety of structures. The city of Barcelona absorbs new influences and maintains traditions organically, avoiding a sense of fragmentation for a sense of exuberance and...