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Barcelona is a city renowned for its daring design sense where all kinds of commercial spaces have been remodelled or newly created by adventurous architects and interior designers. This book focuses on a wide range of shops distinguished not only for their original architecture and innovative design but also for the uniqueness of the products they sell and for the manner in which they are displayed. ? This indispensable guide to the finest retail spaces in Barcelona is conveniently formatted to fit into any handbag, backpack, or briefcase and includes a site map for ease of use. ? Lavishly...

With the rapid developments in renewable resources over the last few years, environmentally-friendly housing is no longer the pipe-dream of a few radical architects and ecologists, it is now a firm reality. Small Eco Houses is a superbly illustrated volume that showcases the latest trends and architectural solutions for eco-housing. It also explores how research into alternative materials and new ways to apply traditional prime materials have paved the way for a whole new range of design options that mean aesthetics and comfort no longer have to be compromised to achieve sustainable...

A pesar de su crisis, sería interesante rediscutir sus postulados para extraer conceptos aplicables hoy, fundamentalmente a la concepción de la ciudad como un todo. Claro que todos estos conceptos, el de la vivienda mínima y la ciudad moderna, fundantes del denominado movimiento moderno en arquitectura, que se basaban en una drástica ruptura con la historia, es decir con el atraso, se materializaban a través de una nueva concepción.

Dentro del complejo saber de la naturaleza y del intricado universo del ser humano, este libro deja como reto la busqueda de un equilibrio entre nuestras acciones y el entonrno que habitamos para garantizar la armonía en el planeta que compartimos. Pero principalmente este libro lanza el desafío para la busqueda de un espacio perdido, el espacio que nos pertenece como seres vivos, esos espacios bilógicos de los cuales carecemos, huérfanos del espacio que nos es propio como organismos vivos.