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Located in Mexico City, Tatiana Bilbao Estudio is well known internationally for its use of traditional Mexican construction techniques, the highly sculptural effects of its buildings and its unusually collaborative approach toward each client. Founded by Tatiana Bilbao (born 1972) in 2004, its completed buildings include the Gratitude Open Chapel in La Ruta del Peregrino, Gabriel Orozco's house in Roca Blanca and the botanical garden in Culiacan. The enormous production of ideas and designs that takes place there is directed to different spaces, in which the architecture is deeply humanized. ...

Nestled by rows of luscious grapevines, wineries evoke images of fine living few other places can rival. The spirit of each winery is as distinctive as the wines it produces. With a multitude of unique design touches, each one creates a sense of place, and a charming invitation to slow down and savor a way of life deeply rooted in growing cycles and the seasons. This lavishly illustrated compendium showcases the new wave of winery buildings. This school of design takes its lead from architect Herzog de Meuron's 1997 design for Dominus Winery, setting a trend away from the rustic and embracing ...

Este libro versa sobre la arquitectura moderna que se construyó en Latinoamérica entre las décadas de 1930 y 1960, y sobre el pensamiento que la sustentó. Es una 'antología de autores'. Del mexicano Juan O'Gorman al chileno Alberto Cruz, la selección abarca a los ya 'clásicos modernos': Lúcio Costa, Oscar Niemeyer, Carlos Raúl Villanueva y Luis Barragán. Se trata, además, de una 'antología de obras' escogidas de cada arquitecto que sirven para exponer las intenciones y los pensamientos de su autor. Y se trata, por último, de una 'antología de textos'. Se incluyen fragmentos...

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.