Heikkinen & Komonen

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.

Cuál es la lógica de crecimiento de las ciudades en unas circunstancias de globalización económica y cultural? A partir de una reinterpretación del concepto de ciudad desde la teoría de sitemas -dejando de lado el criterio tradicional de ciudad para centrarse en el metropolitano-, el autor hace una aproximación a las pautas que rigen la evolución de seis grandes áreas urbanas españolas (Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Sevilla, Bilbao y el área central de Asturias) durante los últimos veinte años, comparándolas con las detectadas en otros países, especialmente en los Estados...

Barcelona is a city renowned for its daring design sense where all kinds of commercial spaces have been remodelled or newly created by adventurous architects and interior designers. This book focuses on a wide range of shops distinguished not only for their original architecture and innovative design but also for the uniqueness of the products they sell and for the manner in which they are displayed. ? This indispensable guide to the finest retail spaces in Barcelona is conveniently formatted to fit into any handbag, backpack, or briefcase and includes a site map for ease of use. ? Lavishly...

Colombian architect Rogelio Salmona has translated pragmatic and poetic concepts and intentions into physical form. These result from the architect's deep communion with and understanding of the materials and processes, as well as of the historic-cultural context in which his architectural intervention takes place. Salmona's oeuvre, including such notable examples as the Torres del Parque (1967) in Bogota, the Presidential House for Illustrious Guests (1981) in Cartagena, the Quimbaya Museum (1983) in Armenia and the National Archive of the Nation (1992) in Bogota, is without doubt one of the ...