Patrimonio urbano de la Ciudad de México: la herencia disputada

"This study goes beyond a formal description and esthetic analysis of house design in Mexico to offer an interpretation based on the complex network of economic, social, and cultural relations. Begins with an analysis of the indigenous home and lifestyle and continues into postrevolutionary, modern, and contemporary periods of historic transition, during which a new conception of urban space developed offering greater possibilities for individual expression. Contains many b/w plates of colonial city plans, 19th-century plans and photographs, and 20th-century photographs up to the...

Who ever said you can't have it all? This highly useful and decorative guide profiles lodgings around the world where you can enjoy the hippest of hospitality without breaking the bank. Including affordable hotels in locales as varied as Amsterdam and Cape Town, this guide makes sure your vacation fantasies can become reality.

This series is the best reference available for information on today's leading architects, and presents their work in an affordable and thoroughly illustrated format. Each book begins with an overview of the architect's style and accomplishments written by a leading architecture critic. Then, approximately twenty noteworthy works and projects are discussed by the architect and presented in detail with site plans, drawings, and black-and-white photographs.

La lectura rápida de cualquier revista de actualidad nos revela la existencia de un mundo del lujo y de la sofisticación que es entregado a un público masivo que aspira integrarse a él. Este impulso inspiracional llega a través de los contenidos y de las páginas de publicidad. El ideal de esta vida ostentosa tiene su punto de lanza: la moda. De ahí que sea legítimo interrogarse: ¿qué vinculación existe entre el dinero y la moda? ¿Qué nos revela el consumo? ¿Qué nos dice de quién compra y persigue objetos de moda? ¿Es nuestra época la única que ha consolidado esa alianza...