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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.

La historia del hormigón es la del largo proceso que lo ha conducido a su extraordinario desarrollo, hasta el punto de convertirlo en el material más utilizado en el mundo de la construcción desde hace cincuenta años. La presente obra explora sus orígenes y analiza la génesis de una técnica que hoy resulta simple, pero que ha precisado casi dos siglos para conformarse. Y es que es mucho lo que se ha conseguido en realidad: un material económico, flexible y estéticamente aceptable, que propone un continuo diálogo entre el constructor y la obra. Este estudio permite reconstruir la...

This series is the best reference available for information on today's leading architects, and presents their work in an affordable and thoroughly illustrated format. Each book begins with an overview of the architect's style and accomplishments written by a leading architecture critic. Then, approximately twenty noteworthy works and projects are discussed by the architect and presented in detail with site plans, drawings, and black-and-white photographs.

This well-illustrated Spanish-language book retraces the development and magnificent flowering of Mayan architecture in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and Belize over the period 300 B.C.-A.D. 1500, showing the extraordinary synchronicity of this architecture with that of other Old World societies. Featured cities include Tikal, the earliest Mayan religious center; Palenque, famous for its ceremonial center; and Copan, with its hieroglyphic staircase featuring 2,500 glyphs.