Cool Spots

Building on the success of its Cool Shops line, teNeues is expanding its sights to focus on the many retail offerings of fashion-conscious Munich. As befits a beautiful and exciting city, the range of shops in Munich encompasses everything from the suavely classic to the cutting-edge and avant-garde. Here you?ll find an overview of retail destinations such as the exclusive designer boutiques on the Maximilianstra?e, the trendy vintage stores in Schwabing and?last but by no means least?the gleaming new shopping malls such as the F?nf H?fe. ? This indispensable guide to the best stores and...

"Critical study and research of the life and architecture of Urzúa (b. Mexico) who along architects Luis Barragán and Ignacio Díaz Morales started the localartistic movement known as "regionalismo" in Guadalajara. The edition is divided in 3 sections: his life, closely related to his architecture, an illustrated catalogue of his life production and acollection of facsimile copies of documents from his personal archives"--Provided by vendor.

This volume records the stunning architecture of the pharaohs ranging from 3,000 B.C. to the Egyptian style of today. It takes readers from the Sudan to the Mediterranean, and from simple clay brick buildings to monumental pyramids. Recent research and evocative pictures create a new view of the oldest architecture in the world - a very special kind of journey through Egypt.

Los arquitectos le piden al arte sensaciones imprevistas y fuertes, nuevos efectos de fisonomía y de ambiente, acentos que logren a cualquier precio conmover o inquietar; incluso, se piden préstamos formales unos a otros para luego arruinarse con tantos préstamos. De ahí la crisis actual entre función y forma en arquitectura. Ante tal problemática, el autor propone revalorar el lenguaje arquitectónico por ser un instrumento generador de formas con sentido.