Fray Antonio de San José Pontones

In her most recent book Jeannette Plaut, architect of the University of Chile, presents a critic essay and an inventory of what she considers the most representative examples of contemporary architecture constructed in the last decade (2000 - 2008) in Chile. The book includes a commentary by architect Henry Smith-Miller, a photographic essay by Greek photographer Erieta Attali and a critical vision by British architect, critic, historian and academic Kenneth Frampton who comments in the book "about 7 works that, in different degrees, transit from audacious features of topographic inflexion...

One of two most anticipated rooms of a house (the other is the master bathroom) is the kitchen. It's the interior space where most value can be added during a sale and the space that most homeowners wish to make the heart of the home. This book features over 100 contemporary kitchen designs to suit all sizes, shapes, and ages of house.

Text (in Spanish) and images complement each other to create a narrative thread that offers informative insights into the architect's intellectual and visual imagination and expands our understanding of Olgiati's oeuvre.

La arquitectura vernácula ha sido siempre fuente de inspiración para arquitectos y diseñadores. Esta colección consiste en una exploración monográfica de cada una de las diversas formas de expresión de lo vernáculo alrededor del mundo (profundizando en su construcción, decoración y sus implicaciones sociales), y ofrece um paralelo con proyectos contemporáneos que utilizan estos recursos en su proceso de diseño. Esta comparación permite, tanto a arquitectos y diseñadores como a historiadores en general, profundizar en las técnicas de construcción espontánea así como en las...