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This new monograph presents the architecture of Richard Holzer, whose long and productive career has shaped the urban fabric of Panama. He is the architect behind many Panamanian landmarks including the Avesa Building, the Continental Hotel, the Credicor

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 shopping mall is one of the typologies most succesfully developed in the twentieth century. The work of the Mexican architural firm Grupo Arquitech has ventured into this fertile territory. Directed by Juan José Sánchez since 1987. In the space of a few years, Arquitech has designed the main malls in Mexico, perfecting a model that accurately define the limit. This is the first major documentation of their work.

Puertas adentro, dentro y fuera, interior y exterior, envolvente y espacio. Existen, sin duda, pocos dialogos que se vinculen de un modo tan determinante con la identidad mas intima del hecho arquitectonico. Pareceria que todo el conflicto que supone la concepcion del espacio se resume, precisamente, en la magia que integra y divide estos hemisferios complementarios en permanente interaccion. El presente trabajo decide explorar el fenomeno de la interioridad desde la determinante investigacion espacial que supone el diseno de la vivienda. Se aleja voluntariamente del espiritu comprehensivo y...