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La 16a. edición de este manual mundialmente reconocido puede considerarse como una nueva edición. Por un lado, se ha conservado el magnífico planteamiento del original y, por otro, se ha actualizado su contenido con el fin de dar respuesta a las nuevas expectativas que han surgido en el mundo de la construcción, especialmente las exigencias medioambientales. Arte de proyectar en arquitectura es un manual de proyectos de construcción que reúne de forma sistemática los fundamentos, las normas y las prescripciones sobre recintos, edificios, exigencias de programa, relaciones espaciales, dimensiones de edificios, locales, estancias, instalaciones y utensilios con el ser humano como medida y objetivo. En esta edición se han revisado y actualizado muchos de los capítulos, entre los que se encuentran: instalaciones deportivas acuáticas, cubiertas, hoteles, evacuación de incendios, muebles y utensilios de cocina, establecimientos de comida rápida, fachadas de madera, normativas de ahorro energético, ascensores, arquitectura solar, rehabilitación y reutilización de edificios, etc. Además de completar los contenidos respecto a las anteriores ediciones, esta nueva versión es fiel a la obra de Ernst Neufert y continúa siendo una referencia bibliográfica de reconocido valor universal, un manual indispensable para arquitectos, arquitectos técnicos, ingenieros, constructores, profesores y estudiantes. Desde su primera edición alemana de 1936, se han realizado 39 ediciones en alemán y 16 en castellano, se ha publicado en 18 idiomas diferentes y se han vendido más de un millón de ejemplares en conjunto.

Slim Aarons: Style showcases the photographs that both recorded and influenced the luminaries of the fashion world. This collectible volume features luscious early black-and-white fashion photography, as well as color portraits of the fashionable elite—like Jacqueline de Ribes, C.Z. Guest, Nan Kempner, and Marisa Berenson—and those that designed the clothes, such as Oscar de la Renta, Emilio Pucci, Mary McFadden, and Lilly Pulitzer. ​Featuring a number of never-before-seen images and detailed captions written by fashion historians, Slim Aarons: Style is a collection of the photographer’s most stylish work. Slim Aarons, at least according to the man himself, did not photograph fashion: “I didn’t do fashion. I did the people in their clothes that became the fashion.” But despite what he claimed, Aarons’s work is indelibly tied to fashion. Aarons’s incredibly influential photographs of high society and socialites being unambiguously themselves are still a source of inspiration for modern day style icons. This coffee table book is perfect for sharing, displaying, and gifting.

From charming bungalows to sleek minimalist houses and apartments to restorations of iconic Mediterranean Revival residences to a garden dotted with oversized insect sculptures, the homes showcased in Palm Beach Living are as distinctive as they are representative of the ever-evolving design trends on the nation’s most exclusive barrier island. Some of the homes incorporate the exuberant colors of the island’s flora; others opt for a soothing, more neutral palette to contrast with the surrounding landscape. All embrace indoor-outdoor living, and each reflects the unique aesthetic of the owner. Guided by native Palm Beacher Jennifer Ash Rudick, with photographs by Nick Mele, “a modern-day Slim Aarons,” readers are granted an intimate look at the best in tropical living. This gorgeous coffee table book highlights the work of renowned architects—from the legendary Maurice Fatio and John Volk to Daniel Kahan, Fairfax & Sammons, Jeffrey W. Smith, and David Fox & Chris Stone—superb landscape designers, including Mario Nievera, Jorge Sánchez, and Fernando Wong, and such world-class interior designers as Tom Scheerer, Amanda Lindroth, Mark D. Sikes, Jonathan Adler, Frank de Biasi, Mimi McMakin, the late Carleton Varney, and Kim Coleman.

The Wrigley represents the high-water mark of Beaux Arts Classicism in the city, a gleaming white palazzo at the head of Chicago’s grandest boulevard, Michigan Avenue. With lavish terra-cotta ornamentation, it was Chicago’s tallest building when it opened in 1921. The book focuses on the intertwined stories of William Wrigley Jr., the larger-than-life founder of the chewing gum empire, and Charles Gerhard Beersman, the relatively unknown architect who, mentored by architect Julia Morgan, brought the building to life.

En vida, la fama de Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675) apenas sobrepasó las fronteras de su ciudad natal, Delft, y el reducido círculo de sus mecenas. Despues de su muerte, su nombre cayó largo tiempo en el olvido y fuera de Holanda sus pinturas llegaron a atribuirse erróneamente a otros artistas. No fue hasta mediados del siglo XIX cuando Vermeer llamó la atención del mundo del arte internacional que, de pronto, supo admirar su precisión narrativa, la meticulosidad de los detalles de sus texturas y los majestuosos planos lumínicos. Habían descubierto a un genio.

This volume celebrates the 10th anniversary of Museo Jumex, Mexico City’s most important contemporary art museum, and its unique collection. Located in the vibrant Polanco neighborhood of Mexico City, Museo Jumex opened its doors to the public in 2013 as a one-of-a-kind museum devoted to the production and discussion of contemporary art. Founded by Eugenio López Alonso, a pioneer in the realm of contemporary art collecting in Mexico, and designed by Sir David Chipperfield, 2023 winner of the Pritzker Architecture award, Museo Jumex has achieved international recognition for its dual mission of bringing works of renowned international artists to Mexico for the first time and elevating the work of today’s Mexican and Latin American artists.