More than a new architectural typology, lofts have become a style of life. Ever since the 1950's when New York artists of scant resources occupied, in practically illegal ways, old factories and warehouses to set up their studios and homes, these diaphanous spaces have grown ever more important. Nowadays, they represent an important part of urban residences. Nowadays, the influence is so important that we can even see the construction of new blocks of dwellings that are very similar in design to the old factory premises. Text in English and Spanish.

The architects have converted industrial spaces into homes, offices and shops where the luxury consists of the perception of space. It includes descriptive texts, color, photos and detailed drawings. Other titles: - Minimalist interiors - Hotels, designer and design - Cafes, designer and design.

Maximalism is the biggest smaller brother, is the new famous cause. Including all exclusively. It conquers the divisionary ideology. Maximize to the maximum! = sometimes. Text in Spanish.

The different and unusual hotels in this book have a very important trait in common: their outstandingness. In the jungle of this globalized world, hotels too search for their own distinct differentiating characteristics, characteristics that help them to be identified, and to stand out over the others. This work affords the reader a broad choice of the latest hotels in most recent years that, from the outset, were conceived to be strikingly different by way of a sophisticated vanguard design in some cases, by especially personalized, original and efficient service in other cases, or a combination of privileged urban or rural placement and an incredibly complete offer of services. These are hotels to lodge at and to dream in. There are abundant photographs, contact addresses and numbers, and plans and designs to delight both professional and aficionado architect and interior designers, and the frequent hotel user as well. Text in English and Spanish.

Nowadays bars are meeting points which are often conceived as genuine temples of leisure. Architectural trends and new designs actively contribute to this phenomenon, constantly experimenting with the creation of spaces and their temporary nature through the integration of the current trends. These elements, common among different countries and distinctly characteristic cities, reflect the evolution of the concept of leisure, which we can verify by taking a look through this book's collection of select projects by some of the best architects in the world. Text in English and Spanish.

This volume enters the spectacular spaces of the different Guggenheim museums around the world, with special attention to the one built in Bilbao and its surroundings, the pedestrian bridge and the Santiago Calatrava airport, the Palacio de Congresos. Containing an introduction with a brief description of the main protagonists, Solomon Robert Guggenheim, architect Frank Lloyd Wright, Peggy Guggenheim, Arata Isozaki, and the new Gehry project for New York. Architecture, design and full colour photographs.

Bilbao is concentrated almost in its entirety along the meandering final stretches of the River Nervion, a ria, or drowned river estuary. The stretch the city occupies is a hollow surrounded by mountains which form a natural barrier, giving rise to the traditional name of the city: botxo, which means "hole" in the Basque language. Bilbao was originally a fishing village on the banks of the ria, a key geographic feature in that it gave the city its raison d'etre and its importance. The ria has always been an excellent communication route between the sea and the inland area, and is navigable along most of its length. At present, commercial navigation - which still reaches as far up as the University of Deusto - is on the point of disappearing from the interior of the city. The numerous projects and urban planning alterations are progressively changing the physiognomy of the banks of the Nervion. Industrial development, which grew from the profits made from the iron market, created wealth and employment for almost a century. In 1985, however, the city experienced a profound economic crisis which led to the advent of post-industrialism -the manufacturing worker ceased to be a central supporting figure for industry, and the new urban classes, connected with communications, culture and leisure, built on the ruins of the old shipyards. At the beginning of the nineties Bilbao bounced back, and in a surprising manner: it was decided that a social change was needed, and this would begin with the construction of a museum. Close collaboration between the Basque authorities and the Guggenheim Foundation led to the creation of a new museum which would represent the current spirit of the city. This building, designed by Frank О. Gehry, was not the only change, however: Norman Foster designed the plans for the renovation of Bilbao Metro, and there was the Zubizuri bridge, the Santiago Calatrava airport terminal, the Palace of Congress and the Palace of Music (by Soriano and Palacios) as well as the urban planning reorganisation carried out by Cesar Pelli. All of these projects offer a new image of the city which attracts tourism, creates business opportunities and employment and which has, in short, turned Bilbao into one of the most emblematic cities in Europe, one which has a very bright future ahead of it. Text in English

This new sensibility, which we have dared to call maximalism, brings together the intentions of designers who are building a new complex and eclectic modernity. As it occurs in each aesthetic trend born with energy, maximalism has shaken all the disciplines and even has contributed to the combination of all of them with the consequent derivation of new multidisciplinary material. Text in English, Spanish

In the interiors included in this volume, light, form, colour and texture get ride of the superfluousness in order to materialize pure spaces. Pictures in full colour in a small format book and great content. From the same collection: Hoteles, Banos, Cafes arquitectura e interiores, Casas, Oficinas, Chill out arquitectura e interiores, Diseno de casas, Diseno de interiores, Casas junto al agua, Gaudi, Hoteles, Small homes, Houses design, Interiores minimalistas, Lofts, Minimalism architecture, Arquitectura minimalista, Oficinas, Pequenos espacios domesticos, Piscinas, Legorreta & Legorreta, Restaurantes arquitectura e interiores, Restaurantes con terraza. Text in English, Spanish

Спа и спорт клубы становятся все более и более популярны! В книге собраны самые лучшие спа и спорт клубы, где отражены последние тенденции в архитектурном и проектном плане. Издание на английском, немецком, французском, испанском, итальянском языках.

Book DescriptionThis sumptuously illustrated, beautifully produced book takes the reader on a visual tour of more than sixty of the world's most outstanding hotels. Divided equally among metropolitan and resort hotels in North and South America, Europe, and the Middle East and packed with hundreds of color photographs, Ultimate Hotels is a must-have for anyone interested in distinctive style, service, and design in accommodations. Test in English, German, French, Spanish, Italian

Данное издание служит проводником по лучшим магазинам и бутикам Лондона. Бутики этого города отличаются не только своим дизайном и архитектурой, но и известными именами кутюрье. Книга содержит карту, с помощью которой Вы можете смело отправляться за покупками! Книга на английском, немецком, французском, итальянском и испанском языках. Подарочное издание.

Domestic architecture is a paradigm of evolution, a privileged field experimentation. It examines the domes tic aspirations of our time and places before us new lifestyles and speculations. Spectacular Houses features a selection of homes from the beginning of the new millennium. This selection examine houses that have broken away from the past and that define today's innovation and tomorrow's classicism. The book does not aim to convert these houses into prototypes to follow; they are included because they reflect the peculiarities of their era, sites and owners.

El castillo alfabetico narra la historia de Marina, una nina que tiene suenos azules y que desea ayudar a unos amigos a escapar de un fantastico castillo lleno de letras misteriosas. El abecedario o alfabeto, un castillo maravilloso, un gato marroqui, un misterio con dificil solucion son los curiosos elementos que cobran protagonismo en esta historia. ?Marina va a tener exito? La aventura esta en las letras, pero tambien en la imaginacion del lector.

El castillo alfabetico narra la historia de Marina, una nina que tiene suenos azules y que desea ayudar a unos amigos a escapar de un fantastico castillo lleno de letras misteriosas. El abecedario o alfabeto, un castillo maravilloso, un gato marroqui, un misterio con dificil solucion son los curiosos elementos que cobran protagonismo en esta historia. ?Marina va a tener exito? La aventura esta en las letras, pero tambien en la imaginacion del lector.

Lofts are apartments resulting from the conversion of former industrial or commercial buildings. They have their origins in the New York of the 1950s. At that time, artists and bohemians in search of cheap places to live and work began to move into abandoned late-nineteenth-century buildings that had once been warehouses, workshops or factories, thus creating a new American version of the Parisian artist's atelier. Nowadays, the tendency to convert warehouses and factories into homes has extended everywhere. Once low-cost living spaces for artists, often occupied illegally by students, they have grown into elegant, luxurious residences reserved for a wealthy elite. This book describes 55 lofts from all over the world, occupying buildings ranging from huge industrial spaces to small business premises. It is illustrated by more than 600 photographs, architectural plans and computer graphics. Издание на английском, французском и немецком языках.