Jose Luis Mateo/Spanish and English

Nestled by rows of luscious grapevines, wineries evoke images of fine living few other places can rival. The spirit of each winery is as distinctive as the wines it produces. With a multitude of unique design touches, each one creates a sense of place, and a charming invitation to slow down and savor a way of life deeply rooted in growing cycles and the seasons. This lavishly illustrated compendium showcases the new wave of winery buildings. This school of design takes its lead from architect Herzog de Meuron's 1997 design for Dominus Winery, setting a trend away from the rustic and embracing ...

La actualidad e interés de cuanto este libro plantea quedaría demostrada con solo llevar a cabo una visión retrospectiva de algunos aspectos del desarrollo de la restauración en nuestro país.

Con el objetivo manifiesto de resaltar cómo la escritura biográfica nutre los relatos hagiográficos alrededor del arquitecto como figura autónoma, el libro compilado por Ana María Rigotti y Georg Leidenberger invita a una lectura en doble clave: la biografía se considera no solo como un género de investigación, sino también como un género de escritura. Historiadores como Jacques Le Goff o Paul Veyne destacaron la ambigüedad de la palabra historia, que indica al mismo tiempo una serie de acontecimientos y la narración de esos acontecimientos. La historia es un cuento, pero un...

The book is an historic and graphical account of the patios of "vecindad" (neighbourhood) in the port city of Veracruz, in a period that goes from the end of the 19th century to the beginning of the 21st century. The foreword of this edition, states that the first record of a patio of a "vecindad" dates back to 1791, highlighting that those patios have seen the early years of musician and singer "Toña la Negra" and were the place of origin of the famous "picadas" from Veracruz, one of the most popular snacks of the jarocha traditional cuisine.