Buenos Aires

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.

A major critical study by noted architect and researcher Ramón Gutiérrez on the different phases of the history and evolution of the architectural patrimony of Paraguay spanning from primitive and colonial times to present days. The book includes a large collection of period photographs and color reproductions of the watercolors of the city of Asuncion done between 1855 and 1856 by French traveler Francisco Vincent of colonial and old Asuncion that graphically document how the original urban profile of Asunción has paid the tribute of the urban development and progress sacrificing its most ...

A collection of writings by Enrique Yañez to mark the twentieth anniversary of his death. The text presents an approach to life and observations of the architect, covering the fields of architecture, its social function, urbanism, society and culture.

La naturaleza como fuente de innovación para empaques. Explorar la naturaleza del embalaje significa observar de cerca cómo la vida envuelve, protege, contiene, preserva e incluso transporta y comunica sus palpitantes creaciones, con la intención de descubrir de qué manera ha resuelto los problemas y aciertos que enfrenta el diseño industrial de embalajes: ¿qué geometrías permiten aprovechar mejor el espacio y el material? ¿Qué lecciones encierran los huevos de gallina o las conchas de los moluscos a propósito de protección a impactos? ¿Qué nos enseñan las envolturas de...