Los devenires de la indumentaria porteña

Winner of the 2020 SAMLA Studies Book Award — Edited Collection Cities both near and far communicate in a variety of ways. Travel between, through, and among urban centers initiates contact, and cities themselves are sites of ever-changing cultural and historical encounters. Predictable and surprising challenges and opportunities arise when city borders are crossed, voices meet, and artistic traditions find their counterparts. Using the Latin word for “translation,” translatio, or “to carry across,” as a point of departure, Avenues of Translation explores how translation...

Munich has a wide-variety of different restaurants, where not only good food, but also design and architecture play a leading role. From a classically designed restaurant with a modern interpretation of local cuisine, a Sushi bar with contemporary interior or a trendy bar with a futuritistic ambiance-Cool Restaurants Munich guides the visitor through the 25 most popular restaurants, bars and lounges. With addresses, essential information and as a top tip-a selection of excellent chef's recipes. Book jacket.

Text (in Spanish) and images complement each other to create a narrative thread that offers informative insights into the architect's intellectual and visual imagination and expands our understanding of Olgiati's oeuvre.

en la visita a mis casas, también constato ciertas ventajas y desventajas. No digo que no sean elegantes, o que las personas se sientan a disgusto en ellas, pero pienso que, por ejemplo, carecen de algo que he descubriendo con el tiempo y que al principio de ejercer la profesión me resultaba casi imposible percibir. A ese algo llamo la confortabilidad, no en el sentido inglés del término Comfort o en el de decoración, sino entendido como capacidad o disponibilidad de los usuarios de la casa para poder experimentar diferentes situaciones en relación a la luz, al campo, a diferentes...