El temple de la arquitectura

Architectural guide to the city of Guadalajara, with a selection of close to 300 buildings representative of all time periods. The guide is divided in 3 sections: the first, the largest and medullar part of the book is the presentation of the buildings; a second section is an inventory of buildings important in the history of the city but now disappeared, and a third section includes location maps with recommended itineraries and routes. Each entry includes the name, date and brief history of the building and the name of the architect.

Se reúnen en este volumen artículos escritos por su autor durante sus veinte años de ejercicio profesional y docente. El artículo que da nombre al libro expresa una sospecha que ha guiado muchas de sus experiencias arquitectónicas: el descubrimiento personal de la arquitectura nos lleva por nombres y caminos que nunca nos contaron antes y, una vez transitados, esos caminos tampoco son tan claros. ¿Es posible que haya toda otra hilatura de la arquitectura moderna que construya un relato muy diferente? ¿Es posible quizá siquiera hablar de historia, cuando la arquitectura la va...

Life and work of polemic architect and urbanist Meyer (b. Switzerland), one of the most important functionalists of the 1920's. The former director of the Bauhaus, he worked for the Post-Revolutionary Regimes in Mexico as the director of the Instituto del Urbanismo y Planification from 1942 through 1949, while also becoming the editor of the collective graphic workshop Taller de Grafica Popular (TGP) from 1947 to 1949. Many plates of his architectural designs and the structural diagrams Meyer used for the Bauhaus and in IUP in Mexico.

High-end hotels have always been the setting for style and fantasy, a venue to see and be seen. This volume explores a relatively new trend, where major fashion houses take over the running of upscale hostelries. With every detail coordinated, from bed linens, to d????cor, china and glassware, the overall effect is of a chic jewel box, where every piece shines. We get a peek at glamorous hotels conceived and run with flair, by major fashion players like Bulgari, Christian Lacroix, Ferragamo, and Versace.