Buenos Aires

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 A work mostly based on unpublished sources.

A Compilation of 30 Innovative Architectonic Inventions in Catalonia. The architecture produced in Catalonia has often been in the vanguard of Europe, especially since Barcelona hosted the 1992 Olympics. This book is an exciting overview of innovative spaces and techniques made in Catalonia, presenting a cross section of 'products' as well as the buildings and environments for which they were conceived. The products solve specific program requirements, new social demands, environmental needs, budget limitations and design aspirations to improve on the status quo. They are proving grounds of...

El presente libro es una suerte de bitácora sobre ese trabajo docente y de investigación, realizado a partir de 1994, que se concreta en la embarcación y que presentamos en esta edición. Trabajo surgido e iluminado por las Travesías y Amereida. La tradición marinera es llevar una bitácora sobre el acontecer del barco en que se navega y que es responsabilidad del capitán. Esta es la primera bitácora de la Embarcación Amereida, que va desde su concepción hasta su construcción. La embarcación Amereida está concebida para realizar obras de abertura y fundación en la Patagonia...

This series was the winner of the American Institute of Architects' prestigious "Award for Excellence in International Book Publishing". Each volume in this series is introduced with an essay on the architect, and a chronological or stylistic presentation of their most outstanding buildings and projects. No other series provides such a complete and concise summary of the world's leading architects' works. The volumes are fully illustrated in black-and-white with photos and project renderings.