El fin de la arquitectura

Partiendo de la idea de que el museo como espacio de recogimiento dedicado a la muestra y contemplación de obras de arte ha perdido su anclaje en la realidad, y de que el objetivo de su construcción es en la actualidad regenerar el espacio urbano, promover la industria turística y conseguir réditos políticos, el autor reconstruye la historia del museo y analiza los elementos que más controversia han causado, desde la falta de una colección permanente, hasta su lugar en el imaginario nacionalista.

The Design of the home continues to be of great interest to both architects and designers. How to configure a living space according to the characteristics of a site and the specification of the client is still the starting point of any house project. However, the final solutions can be as diverse as they can be interesting. This publication takes a specific look at the way architecture will evolve when regarding inhabitations around the world due to climatic changes and different cultural expectations.

Mexico City Architecture Guide is a compilation of more than 150 works of architecture dating from the early 20th century up to the present day. To help orient readers, the guide is divided into five areas and includes seven maps to create a comprehensive panorama of the Mexican megalopolis. Each project includes details about the relevant architects, location and year of construction, as well as public transport information. The texts, photographs and maps created for this guide give fresh shape to the city. Now available in an English-language edition for the first time, Mexico City...

This is not another book on estates and confiscations. The author offers us a precise radiography of the state of the Carthusian Monastery in its magnificent final decades, of the ravages it suffered from 1808 onwards and its subsequent nationalisation, auction and sale process. A work mostly based on unpublished sources.