Didáctica del taller del diseño

The shopping mall is one of the typologies most succesfully developed in the twentieth century. The work of the Mexican architural firm Grupo Arquitech has ventured into this fertile territory. Directed by Juan José Sánchez since 1987. In the space of a few years, Arquitech has designed the main malls in Mexico, perfecting a model that accurately define the limit. This is the first major documentation of their work.

El libro recoge material de trabajo, textos e imágenes esparcidas en la memoria, que configuran un cuerpo coherente, relevante y acorde con el significado del hecho arquitectónico: una forma de conocimiento del mundo. Con esta aproximación teórica, Eduard Bru brinda la posibilidad de iniciar un itinerario crítico, una revisión lúcida en perspectiva de algunos aspectos relacionados con la arquitectura contemporánea, que ilustran desde el pasado nuevas visiones del presente.

How much importance do we give to the settings in which we live, sleep and relax when we go travelling? Nowadays travel usually means spending time in hotels, and these establishments have set about specializing in order to satisfy the varied needs of their guests. In this book we have sought to open a window on today's highly innovative hotels by showcasing some particularly attractive examples from all over the world. All the hotels that we have gathered together are united by a quest for up-to-date design aimed at providing a welcome for business travelers or tourists.

Esta publicación es fruto de los Programas de Cooperación que realiza la Junta de Andalucía en los países donde la presencia de España y Andalucía ha sido de gran importancia, en un intento por difundir y dar a conocer el patrimonio urbanístico y arquitectónico de esta población.