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Volumen II: Cascarones delgados en de Hormigón Armado en el Ecuador / Mauricio Luzuriaga, Ana María Carrión y Álvaro Valladares -- La Central Hidroeléctrica de El Chorro y el Caminito del Rey / Luis Machuca Casares, Ángeles Alonso Nuñez -- Petrificación de la Riqueza. La construcción medieval en Las Merindades de Burgos / Rocío, Maira-Vidal -- La bóveda encamonada de la capilla de la encarnación de la Iglesia de los Terceros de Sevilla / Carlos Martín Jiménez y Julián García Muñoz -- Edificación decimonónica con bloques de conchuela en la Ex-Aduana de Frontera, Tabasco /...

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.

Les noms de Paul Guinard et de Marcel Durliat suffisent à prouver la tradition ancienne liant l'Université de Toulouse-le Mirail à la production artistique espagnole. En 2007, le département d'histoire de l'art de cette université, avec le soutien de la Casa de Velâzquez, a initié un cycle de trois journées d'études sur le thème des échanges artistiques entre la France et l'Espagne. Rassemblant des universitaires et des doctorants, elles ont successivement portées sur l'architecture (novembre 2007), la sculpture (mars 2009) et la peinture (mai 2010). Le présent recueil, qui...

This number of the monographic series is dedicated to restoration specialist, architect and watercolor painter Villa Chávez (b. Mexico). This extensive study of Villa Chávez life and architecture is divided in 2 parts: the first reviews his academic career and his professional practice in Guadalajara and Colima. A second part reviews in detail his restoration projects, his architecture, his open space interventions and his pictorial production (watercolors and drawings). Amongst other academic contributions Villa Chávez founded the School of Architecture in the University of Colima and was ...