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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.

Perspectives on how the city is Imagined in Latin America. Focussing on Latin America as an urban case study, an examination of urban imaginaries and the construct of our relationships with cities. Perspectives from anthropologists, sociologists, artists, and psychologists.

Having graduated from Cornell University, Richard Meier established his own architectural firm in New York City in 1963, around a group known as the "Five Architects" of New York. This book includes 70 works and projects, chronologically ordered, from his first private houses around New York, to the most recent cultural centres, museums, corporate buildings and city planning for different cities in Europe, Asia and USA. This book, abundantly illustrated and documented, offers a chronological survey, from the first houses in the Hamptons to the most recent buildings including the Getty Center...

Amigo lector: ¿con qué colores se pinta un cielo tormentoso? ¿Qué colores utilizar para plasmar en la tela un eucalipto? La montaña, el camino, la tierra, la nieve... todo tiene color... y yo pretendo con estas páginas ayudarte a encontrarlo y utilizarlo. Como artista quiero tener una visión realista en mis obras. Como artista pretendo colaborar con la naturaleza buscando su color... Apasionante camino a recorrer... te invito a que lo hagamos juntos. Personalmente no creo de la nada, eso es privilegio de Dios. Mi presencia en la obra debe estar íntimamente vinculada con la...