Rafael Urzúa

Like no other international metropolis, New York succeeds in following the latest architectural and design trends and still maintains her unmistakable face. This second edition and guide New York introduces up-to-the-minute, finished projects and buildings still under construction in and around Manhattan and features the Big Apple's most popular restaurants, shops and hotels. The guide includes addresses, a map and comprehensive index. Book jacket.

El objetivo de este libro es describir y caracterizar una singular escena histórica vivida entre 1933 y 1942 en la costa del desierto de Atacama, en el puerto de Tocopilla, cuando la caza deportiva de la albacora movilizó el interés de extranjeros que, en el marco del extractivismo del salitre del sistema Guggenheim, hallaron en el mar un espacio para entablar una particular relación con la naturaleza, en que la caza de grandes peces otorgaba fama y distinción. Se lograron importantes hazañas deportivas que llenaron páginas de diarios y generaron diversos reportes de los círculos...

This volume features 25 architectural works constructed in Chile by architect Valdés between 1963 and 2007. It also comprises a series of texts that the author gathered after several conversations with the architect from 2001 to 2006, in a first-hand account of the creative process established by the architect about design, material, construction and space.

This number of the monographic series is dedicated to restoration specialist, architect and watercolor painter Villa Chávez (b. Mexico). This extensive study of Villa Chávez life and architecture is divided in 2 parts: the first reviews his academic career and his professional practice in Guadalajara and Colima. A second part reviews in detail his restoration projects, his architecture, his open space interventions and his pictorial production (watercolors and drawings). Amongst other academic contributions Villa Chávez founded the School of Architecture in the University of Colima and was ...