Valparaíso. Un balcón urbano / An urban balcony

The book gathers previously published papers and interviews of architect Solana (b. Argentina) divided into 5 main topics: criticism, the city, the towers (modern urban typology), the university and the profession of architecture. This anthology summarizes Solana's passionate ideals and versatile trajectory as architect, academic, and artist. Edition illustrated with a selection of collective works done by his firm Estudio M/SG/S/S/S, along some other architectural examples the author considered transcendental.

Este libro recoge una conversación que mantuvieron Jeff Wall y Jacques Herzog (con Philip Ursprung como moderador y Cristina Bechtler) en noviembre de 2003, en el estudio Herzog and de Meuron en Basilea. A pesar de que los protagonistas proceden de disciplinas diferentes, entablan un diálogo fructífero sobre la arquitectura, la ciudad, la fotografía y el arte contemporáneos, temas de gran interés para quienquiera que trabaje en el mundo actual, con independencia de la disciplina de cada uno. Jacques Herzog (Basilea, 1950) estudió arquitectura en la ETH de Zúrich con Aldo Rossi y Dolf...

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...

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.