Buenos Aires

Aquesta publicació recull un conjunt d´intervencions en edificis industrials històrics, construïts a Catalunya durant el període entre final del segle XVIII i mitjan segle XX, destinats inicialment a la producció tèxtil. Aquesta elecció de l´objecte de treball no és casual, sinó que respon al període en què tingué lloc una excepcional expansió d´aquest tipus d´activitat a Catalunya i que, de fet, va assentar les bases del futur industrial del país. Una situació que explica moltes de les característiques i similituds dels edificis considerats. Un mateix ús i uns mitjans...

The life and architecture of Cetto, a brilliant architect intellectually formed around the German expressionist movement and who, when arriving in Mexico "revalues" the traditional materials and proceedings of the Mexican culture integrating them gradually into his architecture. Part of a monographic series on 20th century modern architects.

This series is the best reference available for information on today's leading architects, and presents their work in an affordable and thoroughly illustrated format. Each book begins with an overview of the architect's style and accomplishments written by a leading architecture critic. Then, approximately twenty noteworthy works and projects are discussed by the architect and presented in detail with site plans, drawings, and black-and-white photographs.

Visiting an exhibition by Leonardo Nierman is penetrating a space that invites us to dream in infinities, to discover exteriors and interiors of cosmic worlds. The exhibition Genesis de un Sueno (Genesis of a Dream) mounted at the Contemporary University Museum of Art in Mexico City conveyed such sensations to visitors. Running from May through August of 1996, it featured three hundred of Nierman's works spanning forty years and was reinstalled by popular demand through January 1997. Its beauty and mystery are now captured in this elegant volume. Nierman: Genesis de un Sueno is a celebration...