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The incredible life story of one of the 20th century's most important designers, who knew everyone from Hemingway to Picasso. Ettore Sottsass and the Poetry of Things chronicles the life and times of one of the most important, prolific, and, above all, interesting designers and architects of the 20th century. Sottsass (1917-2007), originally trained as an architect and worked as a design consultant for Olivetti, where he developed the iconic Valentine typewriter, before going on to found the Memphis Group in the 1980s, ushering in an era of influential designs in furniture, ceramics and...

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. ...

A biographic study of the life and work of English-born Luis Long, who arrived in Mexico in 1873 and lived in León until his death in 1927, recognized as one of the most important architects of his era.

Desde los orígenes de la humanidad, la arquitectura ha cumplido como primera función la protección contra los elementos atmosféricos. Los edificios son barreras contra la lluvia, el viento, refugios contra el frío o filtros contra el calor o la luz. Este libro pretende estudiar la variedad y complejidad de situaciones climáticas en todo el planeta. Ante cualquier condición climática, lo que la arquitectura pretende siempre es conseguir cierto grado de confortabilidad. La consecución de cierto nivel de bienestar resulta, en la práctica, un fenómeno complejo en la que intervienen...