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Contents

Foreword

Hotels

Restaurants & BarsShops

Public Space

Offices

Houses

Designers Index

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Foreword

There are more than 40 countries and regions in LatinAmerica.

Despite the difference in geography and development

level, they have experienced similar history under the effect

of Indian culture. They both have the similar experience

fighting for independence and against colonial rule in

politics, economy and culture. They also have mutual

source of culture and language. On the other hand, Latin

America is a discrepant and multivariate area. Some

countries are deeply affected by European culture while

some countries rapidly develop like a highly industrialisation

centre. Latin America is composed of sharply contrastive

countries, cloister cultures in the 16th century in Mexico

or Guatemala, Marxism approach in Ecuador and Peru

and Baroque of Andeans. All of these are the embodiment

of Latin America. Baroque is the most representative of

architectures in Latin America.

Since the 16th century, European colonists have

transplanted European culture to Latin America. Along

with the Catholic Church, Baroque architecture appeared

in many cities and towns. After the industrial revolution,

classical revival architecture and eclectic architecture were

also introduced into this land. In the end of the 1920s,

European modernist architecture began to impact on Latin

America. It developed rapidly, but confined in the coastal

cities. In pushing modern architecture, many Latin American

architects were not restricted to imitating but also actively

explored local regional features. After more than 300


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years development, modern architecture absorbed Indianculture and became Baroque architecture which deeply

originated from Latin American architecture culture. The

countries in Latin America also made good use of reinforced

concrete materials to build the architecture according to

their technique and economic conditions. Therefore, up

to the 1950s, the modern architecture in Latin America

had come to maturation featuring in wide space, physical

diversity, thick modeling, rich colour, and sharp contrast of

light and shadow, or with a large mural decoration. Many

works were strongly individual and totally different from

those modern architectures in Europe and North America:

Brazil Museum of 1939 World Expo in New York, Library of

Mexico University in 1953, some public buildings in the end

of 1950s in Brasilia and Mexico Anthropology Museum,

as well as the hyperbolic paraboloid thinshell structures

with reinforced concrete designed by Engineer F.Rafah.

All of these gave a profound impress on the international

construction industry. The modern architecture in Latin

America has become an important aspect of the multivariate

trend in the world architecture.


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HOTELS


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This Hotel invites travellers to stop wandering, and make a fruitful

pause. Life, dispersed in Atacama's vastness, is somehow present at

the hotel, inviting visitors to go out and experience first hand natural

and cultural riches, and return every evening back to comfort, free

of the sheer tasks of survival.

San Pedro de Atacama is a 34,000 acres cultivated

oasis, inhabited for more than 2,000 years, in dispersed

neighbourhoods called Ayllus. The colonial town was founded

instead, by the Spanish conquerors, as a square grid of long

streets around the main square.

The hotel takes some distance from the existing settlements,

to found a new town in Atacama. It also follows the pre-

Columbian tradition of buildings that stand isolated in big publicsquares, establish multiple relationships between them and nature,

and create towns without the use of streets. The hotel buildings

are a sequence of interior and exterior places. It is the same with

buildings in other small towns in Atacama, where the public and

the private are not very well defined. Disperse buildings, which

form the Hotel, are intended to be experienced as one, and

individualities spared.

Atacama Explora Hotel

Location : San Pedro de Atacama, ChileDesigner : Germn del SolPhotographer : Guy Wemborne


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Basico Hotel

Location : Mexico City, MexicoDesigner : Central De ArquitecturaPhotographer : Moiss Isn and Jos Antonio Snchez

Themed around the basic concepts with a strong local identity, the

Basico hotel challenges preconceived notions of what a designhotel should be, evoking images of an essential Mexico. Located

only a few steps away from the ocean, off 5th Avenue amidst

the bustling centre of Playa del Carmen, Bsico opens its doors

to a hedonist crowd with fifteen curious rooms distributed over

two floors. Very traditional ideas of Mexican everyday culture are

brought to life here. Public schools, cantinas, the petroleum

industry and other references are present throughout the property.

Made out of a mixture of concrete and Caribbean sand, the newly

built sand-coloured building fits in perfectly with the local beachatmosphere. The floors are also made of sand-shaded cement

with red details, reminiscent of the typical Mexican patio style.

In the interiors, a lot of plants, colourful details and rich textures

remind guests of the countrys popular culture. Hctor Galvn

has made sure that most aspects of the interior design have been

made out of recycled materials, resins, plumbing pipes, different

woods, paint, cotton, rubber tires, plastic, glass and even latex.


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CONDESA df Hotel

Location : MexicoDesigner : India MahdaviPhotographer : Jaime Brquez , Felipe Camus, Jos Luis Ibez

Mexico City has become a cosmopolitan metropolis. The

contemporary traveler seeks authenticity. Its a thirst for unfamiliar

flavors and new sensations that attracts visitors to Mexico City, a

destination with strong cultural roots that preserves a local feel in

the era of globalisation.

CONDESA df Hotel imaginatively fuses the name and spirit

of its environment with designer India Mahdavis inventive and

playful simplicity. Hip without being haughty, Mahdavis design

offers functional originality from rooms to rooftop, incorporating

a range of local materials in elements including custom-madefurniture and stone tile flooring.

The sense of intimacy is the key for a new art de vivre. It

is not expected to find a stuffy front desk area where the greeting

feels like a stiff, formal ceremony. Beyond the central lobby

everything happens around a shaded and flourished inner patio,

designed after those of Mexican haciendas.

CONDESA df, the design hotel that opened January in

Mexico City's trendy la Condesa neighborhood, introduces a free

Summer movie series in their sub-level theatre.


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Remota Hotel

Location : Patagonia, ChileDesigner : Germn del SolPhotographer : Guy Wenborne, Felipe Camus, Turek

Latin American culture relates its people with nature. It has anancient tradition of works of architecture that stand in the midst of

nature, just to bring signs of lift to places. The inspirations come

from the sheep farms buildings of Patagonia. The buildings are

made for the sheep farm where daily life in Patagonia is lived.

A concrete structure of pillars, slabs and interior walls is

applied to ensure room privacy and fireproofing. The structure

is enclosed by waterproof plywood panels with a 1 foot thick

expanded polyurethane core as insulation. The panels are coated

with a synthetic asphalt membrane to provide the building with thebest insulation, and protection against rain and wind. The asphalt

membrane is covered with black fine gravel to protect it from the

UV rays. The PVC double glazing thermo windowpanes form a

continuous sequence of vertical openings in the exterior walls.

The interior design might not be understood apart from

the architectural work. The ever changing light of Patagonia

enters the building through the sequence of vertical cuts of the

windowpanes. The light is captured by the bright colours of the

fabrics that cover the dark wood furniture. The strong and Spartan

geometric furniture was made by carpenters at the job site, out

of big pieces of dead native wood, recovered from big forests

of Lenga trees. In all furniture, the handcrafted work can be

appreciated. The guest bedrooms have also some wood sleepers

running vertically from the floor to the ceiling, friendly but still

soundproof.


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La Purifcadora

Location : Puebla Mexico


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Location : Puebla, MexicoCompletion : 2006Designer :Architect Ricardo Legorreta

Innovative Mexican hotelier Carlos Couturiers latest project isan inland wonder, a former 19th-century water-purifying centre

next to the Iglesia de San Francisco in the colonial city of Puebla.

Purity is the guiding principle of the hotels design as executed

by renowned architect Ricardo Legorreta: black and white are

the only colours, bringing out the subtleties of the materials:

stone from the original building, old wood, onyx and custom floor

tile, as well as materials such as bottles and glass fragments,

which are also integrated in the hotels graphic design. But

this minimalism shouldnt be confused with lack of luxury: a

roof terrace and a 30-metre pool provide ample recreational

opportunity, and the 26 guest rooms offer spectacular views of the

city, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. A ground-floor restaurant,

patio, library and extensive wine cellar offer civilised diversions,

but La Purificadora's real achievement is in its mix of tradition and

contemporary flavour, giving Puebla a hotel to savour on the road

from Mexico City to Oaxaca. Offering an ambience of tranquility,

comfort and exclusiveness, this property is an ideal place for

nature lovers and for those who want to explore the city.


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Deseo Hotel

Location : Quintana Roo, MexicoDesigner : Central De ArquitecturaPh t h L i G d


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Deseo is located in playa del carmen, Mexico, a small Caribbean

village where fun and relaxation come together. The general idea

of this project is to combine these two activities in the same place.

The building revolves around a main patio where the publicareas dominate. This patio offers a variety of activities and

atmospheres, a spatial trace of sensations, platforms, textures,

water and sky. With the idea of combining architecture and plastic

art, Silvia Grunner, a local artist, was requested to make an

intervention in the pool (recalling gesamtkunstwerk), which reads

away from you.

The facade is composed by a wood skin that works as a filter

and threshold between the patio and the rooms. The main stairs

recall those of the prehistoric Mayan culture and invite you to an

unknown environment until reaching the central patio. The rooms

pretend to segregate the boarder of any disturbance from the city,

offering a clean, sober and elegant space.

Photographer : Luis Gordoa


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Emiliano Hotel

Location : Sao Paulo, BrasilDesigner : Arthur CasasPhotographer : Tuca Reines


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Unique in sophistication, the Emiliano is far beyond a common

hotel. Member of the Leading Small Chain of Hotels, Emiliano

is a perfect combination of stylish grand-hotel sophistication and

uniqueness with a Brazilian touch; an impressive art installation by

Siron Franco in the reception area, the fantastic hanging orchid

garden by Gilberto Elkis and the "golden chairs" in the lobby,

by the local design wizards Campanas brothers. The idea wasto make a hotel where guests never feel tired, as if they were at

home. For such purpose, designers used neutral colours, clear

wood and modern furniture. The hotel, which has 38 apartments

and 19 suites, gained its glamour with the mix of furniture

and state-of-the-art technology.


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Habita Hotel

Location : Mexico City, MexicoDesigner : TEN ArquitectosPhotographer : Luis Gordoa, Undina Prohl


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The architects converted a five-story apartment building of the

1950s, located on a commercial street and lined with retail stores

and officebuildings, into a thirty-six room boutique hotel, with new

services and amenities such as a swimming pool, gym, sauna,bar, and restaurant.

The old structure achieved a new identity because of its new

wrapper, a frosted glass envelope composed of rectangular glass

panels, which exists beyond the original facade.


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Un Hotel En PatagoniaLocation : Magallanes, ChileDesigner : Germn del SolPhotographer : Guy Wemborne


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In order to live in this immensity, men and women construct

with stones, grace, and talent, throughout the pasturing

routes, or of commerce, towers, knolls or walls; or they paint

in caves or farellones; or they form with ordered stones and

enormous slope figures. Thus they make the human life

possible in the solitude labyrinth.


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W Hotel Mexico

Location : Mexico City, MexicoDesigner : GAIA StudioPhotographer : GAIA Studio


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The W Hotel in Mexico City, like the city it inhibits, is a

juxtaposition of modern ideas and indigenous culture which is

both vibrant and serene. A few feet away the city is watching as

one experiences the terrace's beautiful salam wood floors, pillow

filled lounge mattresses, hanging seat pods and crackling fire.

For those who have had their fill of exposure, off the terrace,he

can hide away in the bird house dining room under the night sky.

But if one still wants to been seen, he can dine in the glowing

white stone clad tunnel which is nestled in the restaurants warm,

dark, and cozy atmosphere.

In the three-floor-high atrium, there is an eye catching

moving visual projection playing on the elevators. The corridors

continue the Studio Gaia's harmonious play of contrast. Its sleek

white and deep red prepare for the dramatic experience of the

spacious hotel room. The generous size of the guest rooms are

accentuated by the clean material, low furniture and millwork. The

open bathroom becomes a perfect place to lay in its hammock

after indulging in the shower's body massage sprays.

For the ultimate luxury, reserve a Loft or the Presidential Suite.Both offer double height rooms with grand views from the twenty

fifth floor. Architecturally, the sculptural staircase, and light wood

paneling mixed with the finest and modest finishes will make one

not want to leave. Mix a drink at the wet bar while friends play on

the leather sofas. Afterwards, ascend to the mezzanine bed that

looks over the city.


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RESTAURANTES & BARS

Restaurante El Cardenal Palmas

Location : Mxico City, MexicoDesigner : Pascal Arquitectos / Carlos Pascal / Gerard PascalPhotographer : Juan Marcos Castaeda


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El Cardenal Restaurant is located on the ground floor of a

modern building in the midst of a trendy commercial area ofMexico City. The contemporary design of the premises is in direct

relationship with the sorroundings rather than with the traditional

mexican cuisine, allowing it to be the centre of attention and

leaving everything else functioning only as background.

The bar area is the principal node from which the complete

distribution and the restaurant concept revolve, at the same time is

the host zone that welcomes visitors with a magnificent nava wood

and black greased steel bar that gives access to the main foyer.

In the main dining room a black Oaxacas clay cabinet willdisplay temporary expositions of selected pieces of the Museo de

Arte Regional MAP - (Regional Folk Art Museum); a loose ceiling

panel covered with scantex acts like an acoustic barrier and the

gaps between these panels help to hide air conditioning outlets,

speakers, sprinklers and the rest of the mechanical elements. Also

from the dining room one can access an indoor yard that is in

complete harmony with the whole decoration concept.

The integration of the kitchen area was accomplished by

using amber glass working as filter and extending the black

ceiling from the main foyer towards it, creating a contuinity feeling

between these two spaces. The floors were covered with natural

and polished prfido de San Luis stone; nava wood and a steel

plate was utilised for the baseboard.


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Guria Restaurant

Location : Santa F, Ciudad de MxicoDesigner : Pascal Arquitectos / Carlos Pascal / Gerard PascalPhotographer : Jaime Navarro


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Architectural design in Guria restaurant is a contemporary

interpretation of old basque homes. This concept, under the

request of the owners, is the continuity of a well proved and

successful formula devoloped in the the original spanish premises.

The project began by generating a triangular mesh shape

modulated on the base, from where the geometric and decorative

interior style was developed. This was the starting point of the

design concept and the layout distribution that welcomes the

visitors with a six metres height reception foyer; irregular limestone

walls give a dramatic visual impact to this area from where a

chandelier hangs.


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KOSUSHI

Location : Sao Paulo, BrasilDesigner :Arthur CasasPhotographer :A.Casas


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People want to be entertained when they go to a restaurant,

specially in a city like S?o Paulo. The Japanese restaurant in

the Itaim neighborhood, Kosushi, has a double-height atrium,

mezzanine, ground-floor area and sushi bar. Neutral color

contrasts with the orange of the Eames chair and the sushi bar

itself. Japanese elements are juxtaposed with progressive notions

of design. A glazed ceiling over the bar and part of the dinningroom allows natural light into the space.The proposal was to

create a sushi bar that would convey customers to an oriental

atmosphere, but also with occidental influences.


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CybercafLocation : Sao Paulo/BrasilCompletion : 2005Designer : Brunete FraccaroliPhotographer : Tuca Reins


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Architect Brunete Fraccaroli, created in this space of 70 sqm a

Cybercafe that is dedicated to learn, being a point of convergence

of the shared knowledge, with intention to stimulate the research

and the reading, using technology of last generation connected tocoffee. Abusing the automation of the equipment, illumination,

audio and video, the architect takes off the maximum of the party

of the materials, mixing and abusing the combinations and the

contrasts of materials and colours, as steel and glass.

Everything allies to the technology, in a new proposal of

space composition, favouring the conviviality and the enterprise

dynamism, new discoveries and social knowledge. In the centre

of Cybercaf, a circular sofa is detached by the orange colour,

with the aim to congregate what the individual study separated.It also has space for consultation and research. TVs of plasma

are supported by a metallic pipe with a blue glass box around.

People can enjoy all the infrastructure of Cybercaf with much

amusement.


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Columbia Store

Location : Santiago, ChileDesigner : Gonzalo Mardones V.Photographer :Andrs Nuez, Alejandro Briones


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Columbia's new store in the Boulevard Parque Arauco needing

worked with an image pre created that seemed to us to

beinteresting to restate.

The idea consists basically of propose two linked spaces.

The first space of exhibition, in the access with a major height

of which tensile some hang of steel and crystal to expose the

clothes like a gallery. These elements to human scale are

together with the people who circulate the protagonists of this

space. In this sector the artificial light is solved across features

in the sky and, of way of allowing that the light should bounce

and slips for the walls.

The principal wall is hollowed by horizontal features alsowhite where there are located the accessories illuminated from

the interior of these cracks. The shop is neutral, entirely white in

the first sector and completely of cedar wood in the second one,

being the clothes principal protagonist.


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Sacada Store-Rio de Janeiro

Location : Rio de Janeiro/BrasilCompletion :2005Designer :Arthur CasasPhotographer :Tuca Reines


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As a well known chain of womens fashion based in Rio de

Janeiro, the project started 6 years ago targeting a better

circulation. The designers perfectly aligned the store identity to

the products sold. Wood flooring sourced from old countryside

demolitions, the use of Brazilian furniture from the second half

of the 20th Century and especially the giant panel of braided

tucum fiber give a special personality to this design.


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Sacada Store-Sao Paulo

Location : Sao Paulo/BrasilCompletion : 2005Designer :Arthur CasasPhotographer : Tuca Reines


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At the Sacada store, in So Paulo, Arthur Casas pushes to the limit

his preference for natural and neutral materials. He uses similar

colored wood to compose the store's furniture and coatings, which

has a conspicuous vertical garden at the back. The genuinely

Brazilian tauari wood flooring has colors similar to the slender

oak's applied on the walls, at the stairs, on the clothes framing

box and, also, on the ceiling.

The front and side facades are furnished with Aluminum

sheets painted to imitate Cor-Ten steel. Made of blades, in the

same material, a vertically rolling door allows the total opening of

the gap. According to the architect, the absence of a door breaks

the timidity of people entering the space and makes them more at

ease.


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Atika Showroom

Location : Santiago, ChileDesigner : Gonzalo Mardones V.Photographer : Gonzalo Mardones


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The building is the order of a business firm in which show and

commercialize products related to baths, kitchens, plumbing

fixtures, granites, etc.

This building had to receive also to the administrative officesof the executives of the company.

The orientation of the Atika Showroom Building is based in

the tour of the Sun and to the light, which penetrates inside this

container. This box is opened on the south like a great transparent

store window for the Vitacura Avenue, The building is entirely

white,in the exterior and in the interior. In the centre of the

building there is located a spiral scale of granite and crystal

that joins the three most public floors, fulfilling a leading and

sculptural role inside the composition and producing the balance

like a calder.


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Showroom Comex

Location : Mexico City, MexicoDesigner : Carlos Rubio MartinezPhotographer : Paul Czitrom


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The showroom rises from the necessity of Comex enterprise to

show the technology and vanguard of its finishes and coatings on

Expo-CHIAC 2005.

The showroom lands on a white coat floor that is the base

of seventeen curvilinear rings shaping a sculptural object. Six

of them form two bodies landing directly on the main floor ateach extreme of the object, and the rest of the rings weld itself

consecutively generating the inner floor supported by a steel

structure barely perceptible that allows to exhibit seventy panels

with different colour finishes.


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Tarbut School

Location : Mexico CityCompletion : 2005Designer :Jaime Varon, Abraham Metta, Alex Metta / Migdal ArquitectosPhotographer : Werner Huthmacher, Paul Czitrom


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The Tarbut School is located in western Mexico City. Due to its

growing student body, the school needed a multipurpose space

for additional classrooms, as well as sports, cultural activities,and community gatherings. Due to the atmospheric conditions in

Mexico City, it is increasingly necessary that such activities take

place indoors.

In a first stage, the addition consists of two diversely scaled

structures programmed for various functions. The structure

abutting the campus houses computer labs, a multimedia room, a

library, a reading room, and an auditorium. The structure abutting

the ravine encloses a gymnasium that can also be used to stage

events. A semi-covered courtyard, which acts as a flow distributionnode and meeting place, articulates both volumes. A bridge spans

the courtyard and connects the two structures.


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Studio W

Location : Sao Paulo, BrasilCompletion : 2005Designer :Authur CasasPhotographer : Tuca Reines


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The space to be designed was originally the attic of a well

known local upscale shopping centre, used as storage space

until recently. The existing steel structure (curiously in the form

of a W) which was supposed to be the biggest obstacle for the

development of the program defined the personality of the beauty

saloon with capacity to serve 120 clients at the same time. A less

aseptic then usual atmosphere was created and more welcoming

to contrapose with the overall size of the space (1,100sqm) and

the generous floor to ceiling height.


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Panorama Santa Fe

Location : Mexico CityCompletion : 2005Designer : Jaime Varon, Abraham Metta, Alex Metta / Migdal ArquitectosPhotographer : Werner Huthmacher


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Panorama Santa Fe is a building with a continuous form, which

acts as a pinnacle for the urban belt of the very tall buildings. Its

novel design emerges out of the search for the best panoramic

view of the city. Perimeter belts on the facade create the continuity

of glass elements. Thus, public spaces are created in the curves at

the points of inflection, while services as well as private spaces are

created in areas that allow right angles, for the perfect placing of

furniture.


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Gota De Plata Auditorium Theater

Location : Pachuca MexicoCompletion : 2005Designer : Jaime Varon, Abraham Metta, Alex Metta / Migdal ArquitectosPhotographer : Werner Huthmacher, Paul Czitrom


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In the City of Pachuca, in the State of Hidalgo, Mexico, a new

urban development was created, consisting of various residential,

commercial and services programs in a section of the City known

as the Zona Plateada1 (Silver Zone). Ejido societies, government

entities and private promoters formed a partnership to make

viable the construction of this Cultural and Services Complex.

The central feature of this Park is a large mural plaza made by theplastic artist Byron Glvez, who comes from Hidalgo.


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Turner International Studios - ArgentinaLocation : Buenos Aires, ArgentinaDesigner : Magdalena Bernstein / Mathias KlotzPhotographer : Magdalena Bernstein


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The Turner Studios project started as a private contest, consisting

in the restoration of a patrimonial building that originally hosted

a printing office, in the traditional Defensa area of Buenos Aires.

The assignment was to distribute and design working spaces,

offices, meeting rooms and conference rooms in the last two

floors of the building, an interior space of 10 x 12 x 12 meters

with perimeter windows and a big skylight in the centre.

The interior garden duplicates its perception trough a huge mirror

that covers the elevators hall.


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The Bernstein & Klotz house / studio is the enlargement and

make-over of a house built on 1965, projected and built

Casa Estdudio

Location : Santiago, ChileDesigner : Magdalena Bernstein / Mathias KlotzPhotographer : Magdalena Bernstein


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by architect Ignacio Covarrubias, at the time partner of the

prestigious studio of Sergio Larrain, Jorge Swinburn and himself.

This building was Mr. Covarrubias family house until 2002,

date when the designer bought it as family house, with the idea to

project an enlargement so that the house and the studio could inthe same place. After having worked using the sitting room and

dining room as offices, the designer projected an enlargement by

the addition of a second floor. Seeing the eventual outcome that

definitely transformed the house profile and the subtle relation

between the first plant and the patios and garden, the designer

decided to reject that option and projected an underground

studio.

In order to do this and respect the citys regulations for the

neighbourhood, we had to demolish the kitchen, and all service

area, including a patio. These programs were momentarily

relocated in other places of the house, which kept performing as a

family house and a studio.

The designer built a basement between the two property

dividing walls and over this the designer reinstalled the services

program previously demolished, in a volume similar to the

pre-existing one. The project aimed to increase the pre-existent

surface in a 30 percent, without altering the aspect nor the

original spirit of the Covarrubias work.

It is a project that virtually disappears Its essence is therespect for the pre-existence so it would seem it has always been

there, without falling in the picturesque nor the rough imitation

of the past, but facing the new work with special emphasis on

discretion and low-profile.


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The company EDELNOR looked for Architect Jose Orrego to workon a new concept of a service centre that groups the functions that

had been held in the collection centres, expanding their services

to commercial and retail activities.

The architectonic and interior design solutions were wrapped

in a surface treatment and large images of monumental scales

to create a happy and alive atmosphere that helps to bring a

pleasant and promoting experience to the visitors.

The main idea of the interiors was the creation of organic

spaces based in curves in the treatment of the physical space and

the ceilings, in a way that gives the sensation of a womb.

This source permits for the customer to feel hugged and

comforted for the architectonic space and the smiling and friendly

images of the large area that are all over the interior route.

Additionally, this new concept has also been used to

communicate through their different treatments that a company

like EDELNOR wants to communicate to the people it serves.

This new commercial format creates a new regard for

service centre in the city, where its being introduced as a new

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Zermak Photography StudioLocation : La Unin, CartagoCompletion : 2006Designer : ldb arquitecturaPhotographer : Oscar Abarca


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The Zermak studio surges as an amplification of the

photographers home. The project is inserted in a residential zonein front of some terrains with steeps and one small forest area.

The proposal articulates the home and the project with a pathway

that generates in the wood entrance and finishes with a deck and

reunion hall. Advancing towards this axis, one can enter to the left

to the original residence and to the right to the studio, entrance

that merges towards the stairways. The space requires being

somber in benefit of the activities of the place.

Geometrically the work is proportionate in the golden

spot section, both in floor as in facade. The studio surges as a

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Corporativo Dicas

Location : Mrida, Yucatn, Mxico.Designer :Augusto Quijano ArquitectosPhotographer : Roberto Crdenas Cabello, Pedro Hiriart, Ignacio Rivero Bulne


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Located to the north of the city of Mrida, in the zone of a moreimportant commercial development, the building of Grupo

Dicas is located in a land of 3,413 sqm of surface, with 4,200

sqm approximately of total construction, that includes area for

administrative offices and of direction with its respective areas of

services.

The building, in all its facades is resolute tempered

crystal and prefabricated panels concrete apparent of 9

mm, emphasising in the facade of access, the covered

cubicalvolume of shining dark granite, that floats on the accessseat. In the interiors, shining granite floors, lambrines of wood,

crystal handrails and plafones of tablaroca reinforce the idea of

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Corporativo Bacsa

Location : Mrida, MxicoDesigner :Augusto Quijano Arquitectos, S.C.P.Photographer : Roberto Crdenas, Pedro Hiriart


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Located to the north of the city of Mrida, in the Yucatan Parkof nonpolluting industries, the building of Bacsa Constructor

considers like a building under two levels. It is located in a land

of 9.358 sqm, on the main avenue of the Park. The building, in

all its facades will be resolute tempered crystal and prefabricated

panels concrete of 9 mm. The image of the Corporative Bacsa

is an identifiable element in the urban context of the zone. It

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Advertising AgencyLocation : Mxico D.F.MexicoDesigner : Garduo ArchitectsPhotographer : Laura Cohen


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The first thing that attracted designers attention when they

contended for the interior architecture design of the Tern/TBWA

new headquarters in Mexico City, was its slogan: The Idea

Factory. These three words certainly inspired quite a challenge

among them, but, on the other hand, they also meant designers

could base their proposal with no preconceptions at all. The

task of designing the ideal creativity-oriented space was really

stimulating.

Because of its boldness, their proposal attracted the clients

attention from the very start. The plan to literally demolish an area

(being this a rented space), to build a three-level central atrium,

entering the elevators through the intermediate level and usingstairs to go from one level to the next, was undoubtedly risky, but

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Blp AbogadosLocation : Lindora, Santa Ana.Completion : 2006Designer :Arq. Luis Diego BarahonaPhotographer : Oscar Abarca


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Located on the fourth floor of the Building Via Lindora, the new

seat of BLP Lawyers occupies an area of thousand square metres.

The proposal is clear in demonstrating the intensity to represent

the concepts of the company/signature of lawyers that is defined

by its high international quality. The internal distribution of the

space is defined by a central element - reception and the tensions

that produce the two main rooms of meetings to both sides of the

architectonic plant. The project is designed within a virtual box- defined by the facades and contrapisos- it allows to manifold

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Pedregal HouseLocation : Mxico CityCompletion : 2006Designer : Pascal Arquitectos / Carlos Pascal / Gerard PascalPhotographer : Jaime Navarro


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Leisure and recreation areas are comfortable and warm due to

the use of natural materials.

The house is designed in two levels, and the main floor

houses public areas, kitchen and domestic services and on

the upper level three bedrooms, restrooms and a TV room are

located. The design in this project revolves around hotel-foyer

style areas, and it welcomes to discover the trophy hunting

room, the bar and the wine cellar and a family room that canaccommodate a large concurrence.


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The home is composed in three levels, and occupies a total of

700 square meters;the principal access, living room, dining

room, kitchen, study and a family room belongs to the middle

level. The garage and the service zone belongs to the lower

level, and the higher level has three bedrooms, each with their

bathroom and wardrobe. All levels communicate with an elevator

for 10 people.This home was designed using classic concepts but

interpreted like a synthesis of the same, styled and deformed

to create a longevity effect, in the same way they are cool and

contemporary. The materials used refer to classic styles, wooden

floors, different types of marble like Yellow Triana, White

Carrara, and Black Portoro, on the principal foyer solid

columns of Yellow Triana marble, all conjugated with furniture;

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El Puertito Country offers you the opportunity to live life from a

different perspective each day. Experience tranquility and silence

or hear the trills of the birds; all this plus an amazing view of the

lagoon just 15 minutes away from the glamour of city life in Puntadel Este.

You will be able to choose your own house from one of the

thirteen properties in this enchanting landscape, which will also

offer all services needed to make your life pleasurable.

In effect, Ria Costera S.A and MISURA Design from

Montevideo Uruguay proposes its "personal Project" option. The

experts will present to you a customised design based on both

the existing features of the property you have chosen and your

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Designers Index

Arthur CasasLike most part of Brazilians from his generation, Arthur Casas, lived together since very early with the architecture. He started his aesthete consciousness on the 60s , when Oscar Niemeyer was astonishing the world with Brasilias curves, do-ing of architecture a popular mater in the country. Despite that, Casas was much more interesting on concrete art and strait lines architecture that was being born on his back yard, the city of So Paulo. In the 2000, the architect installed anoffice in NY. Under effluviums of the international market, he rediscovers what is like to be Brazilian. The growing interesting for the forms and typical materials from his country brought to the world a different Brazil, without ethnical obvious-

ness and without easily tropically. With his architecture and design, Casas diffused an urban Brazil, modern and, above all international.http://www.arthurcasas.com.br/

Rua Capivari, 160 | Pacaembu | So Paulo | SP | Brazil

x cep: 01246-020 xxx tel. +55 11 3664 7700 | fax. +55 11 3663 6540

Augusto Quijano ArquitectosUGUSTO QUIJANO AXLE

He studied architecture at the Iberoamerican University from 1974 to 1979, under the leadership of architect Jose Nava Requesens, a school that was based on principles lecorbusieranos and kahnianos and taking as teachers, amongothers, Francisco Serrano, Carlos Mijares, Mario Schejtnan, Fernando Tudela, Jose Ma. Buenda, Jorge Ballina, Felix Sanchez, Carlos Gonzalez Lobo, Aurelio Nuo, Alberto Yarza and Jose Creixel. In September 2007, with the signingIglesis-Prat of Santiago de Chile, obtained first contest for the Theater of the Arts in the city of Osorno in Chile. In October, as part of the Seventh Biennial Architecture Yucatn, received honorable mentions for the house in L in Merida andthe School of the Arts in Leon. Gto.

http://www.augustoquijano.com/

Emiliano Zapata Norte 97129,Merida Yucatan Mexico Tel:999 94442

Brunete FraccaroliHis projects also give charm to the areas of various social undertakings, as she So Paulo. And create solutions to the best use of spaces in apartment-model that decora for construction being launched.

Sum to your resume participation consecutive on 12 shows Casa Cor, annual event that brings together the best architects, decorators and landscaping of the country.

With 17 years of experience, and specializes in interiors, Brunete says the cornerstone of his work is in projects contemporaries, eclticos and custom which performs.

"Each project is special, requires studies, focus on the customer, functionality and comfort," assesses.

http://www.brunetefraccaroli.com.br/

Brunete Fraccaroli Arquitetura e Interiores

Tel: (11)3885.8309 / 3887.6834

Rua Guarar, 261, 7 andar Jd. Paulista

Cep: 01425-001 So Paulo - SP

Carlos Rubio Martinez

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Central De ArquitecturaCENTRAL DE ARQUITECTURA is an architecture and construction atelier located in Mexico City that was established in 1998 by Moises Ison and Jose Antonio Snchez. They both graduated from Universidad Anahuac in Mexico City withpost-graduate studies in the New York School of Interior Design and the Southern California Institute of Architecture. The firms work includes hotels, office buildings, industrial complexes, comercial establishments, housing, and interiordesign.

www.centraldearquitectura.com

MSTERDAM 91

HIPDROMO CONDESA

TEL 36401800 Mxico,

Garduo ArchitectsWe believe that architecture is much more than walls. If it is created with authentic intention and respect, it must contribute to the inner welfare of human beings.

Our philosophy is to operate as a laboratory where each project is carefully viewed from its environment, the user, and its needs. Once the different variables are metabolized we propose a creative, suitable, deliverable and functionalanswer. The outcome is a respectful architecture, composed by integrated geometric shapes that generate rooms full of light and emotions by which the user obtains a deep architectonic experience.

http://www.gardunoarquitectos.com/

Garduo Architects

1628-B1 Vail Valley Dr.

Vail, CO 81657

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Germn del SolFor me, being contemporary, Or is heir to a modern world, Not so much in the continued pursuit The innovation for innovation But more back in the beginning, And try to do things over again, A little better.

I believe that I am one of the architects Chileans It was inspired by the spirit of tradition Local or indigenous, To connect it with the world, Without staying in folk or purely local. Working with what is more universal local, As Violeta Parra.

My attempt to link the city with culture and nature In remote locations, is seeking a destination itself sustainable, To make them unique or unrepeatable, Without putting in a global world where there is more remote, It has been a contribu-

tion that has been appreciated and followed As has been the ideas that we proposed For wineries in Chile do not follow the model of the medieval castle But French and seek his grace on the quality that can give the rite Together.

www.germandelsol.cl

Germn del Sol, Arquitecto.Camino las Flores 11441,

Las Condes,Santiago, Chile.

Garduo ArchitectsWe believe that architecture is much more than walls. If it is created with authentic intention and respect, it must contribute to the inner welfare of human beings.

Our philosophy is to operate as a laboratory where each project is carefully viewed from its environment, the user, and its needs. Once the different variables are metabolized we propose a creative, suitable, deliverable and functional

answer. The outcome is a respectful architecture, composed by integrated geometric shapes that generate rooms full of light and emotions by which the user obtains a deep architectonic experience.

http://www.gardunoarquitectos.com/

Garduo Architects

1628-B1 Vail Valley Dr.

Vail, CO 81657

Gonzalo Mardones Vwww.gonzalomardonesv.cl

Gonzalo Mardones Viviani

Augusto Legua Sur 160 of. 71

Las Condes, Santiago 6760530 Chile

workVoice Phone: +56 2 3359469

faxFax Phone: +56 2 2316130

India MahdaviIndia Mahdavi, interior designer, creates places one longs to be, for a moment or for a week. From the irresistible lightness of Miami's Townhouse hotel to the privileged nocturnal luxury of the New York nightclub APT, Mahdavi's designs

exude a sense of well being. Sydney Picasso caught up with India in her office and showroom in Paris's seventh arrondissement.

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ldb arquitecturaThe power of an effect on time "in the urban context causes levels of influence of scales that go beyond city limits. The appreciation of 9.11 is the most important contemporary example tragic which refers to the global impact of the act on

time. Clearly, the answer given by influential sectors to cities like Brasillia is decontexturalized within the current reality. Obviously the answer that is being generated in cities like Bogota, Curitiva, Santiago, Guadalajara are quick actions

that determine the economy and are detonating urban revolutionaries.

http://www.ldbarquitectura.com/l/index.html

apartado 871-2350 san jos, costa rica Tel: (506) 253-5069 / (506) 253-8549

Fax: (506) 218-0631

Legorreta + Legorreta Architects"Legorreta Arquitectos was founded more than 40 years ago by Ricardo Legorreta, Noe Castro and Carlos Vargas senior. Since then, the objective has been to achieve the best architecture, inspired through human values.

During the 60's and 70's Legorreta Arquitectos was well known for its work such as the Camino Real Hotel in Mexico City, Cancun and Ixtapa, office buildings for Seguros America Banamex and IBM in Mexico, laboratories and factories

for Kodak, Smith & Kline, Nissan and Renault, as well as low income housing projects for Infonavit and several residential works.

In the 80's, Legorreta Arquitectos started designing for other countries and collaborated successfully with different local architects. Allowing for assistance with local codes, continuous contact with the client, and elaboration of construction

documents.

At the beginning of the 90's Victor Legorreta, son of Ricardo Legorreta, joined the firm. Leading a group of young architects, together with Ricardo Legorreta, he is involved in the design of all projects.

WIn 2000, the office name changed to "Legorreta + Legorreta", which represents more than a name: the current organization."

http://www.legorretalegorreta.comPalacio de Versalles 285-A Lomas de Reforma 11020 Mxico D.F. (52 55) 52 51 96 98

Fax (52 55) 55 96 61 62

Mathias KlotzMathias Klotz Germain

was born on April 1965 in Via del Mar (Chile). In 1991 he graduated as an architect from the Pontificia Unviersidad Catlica de Chile. He received the architecture degree from the Universidad Catlica de Chile in 1991, beginning the same year with hisstudio of architecture in Santiago.

He has lectured in several Latin American countries, such as Spain, the U.S.A., Canada, Italy, Germany and Sweden. His work has been published in numerous specialized magazines worldwide and the monograph published in the GG Portfolio series:Mathias Klotz, Editorial Gustavo Gili, Barcelona, 1997, and in 2G edition 26, Editorial Gustavo Gili, Barcelona 2003.

http://www.mathiasklotz.com

LOS COLONOS 0411 PROVIDENCIA

SANTIAGO CHILE

Tel : 56 2 2336613

Fax: 56 2 2322479

MetropolisMetropolis Architecture is a progressive architecture and design consultancy network, providing a high quality design and ecological driven service for our clients.

Our approach is to be client focussed, and bring the very best team of construction professionals to each project to achieve our target of producing energy efficient quality design solutions which have a value beyond the physical built fabric.

Our designs look at the wider impact on the environment, the urban grain of their setting, as well as on the quality of life for the people that live, work and experience our designs.

http://www.metropolis-architecture.com/

Studio G

27 High Street Ryton on Dunsmore Warwickshire CV8 3EY

Tel: 024 7630 5514

Fax: 024 7630 5947

Migdal ArquitectosMigdal Arquitectos is a mexican company that realize the projects integral development.

We participate actively not only architects, but also all the professionals, technicians and also national and international companies whose skills help make our designs and their realization successful. On the last 18 years we have realized more than 200projects on diverse typologies, since income and medium housing developments, residential housing, commerce, industrial parks, education and culture and also specialized buildings.

www.migdal.com.mx

Av. Prol. Paseo de la Reforma 1236 piso 11, Col. Sta. F, Deleg. Cuajimalpa, 05348, Mxico, D.F.

Tel : 9177-0177

Fax : 9177-0170

Pascal ArquitectosPascal Arquitectos was founded in 1979 by Carlos and Gerard Pascal with the main purpose ot achieving ultimate and integral development in architecture, interior, landscape, lighting and furniture design. Most of Pascal Arquitectos projects had beenpublished and recognized with national and international awards.

Atelier's production ranges from numerous luxurious residential projects, several residential complexes, institutional and religious buildings, restaurants, to corporate and offices buildings and hotels.Major restorations of two historic monuments, both recognized by the National Institute of Fine Arts (INBA), had been completed: Edificio Bolivia, an original masterpiece of architect Carlos Villagran Garcia nowadays corporate headquarters of Ford MotorCompany de Mexico, and the grand heritage mansion located in Avenida Refoma and Rio Elba street, were restaurant "El Divino" used to be.

http://www.pascalarquitectos.com/

Atlaltunco 99, Tecamachalco Naucalpan, Edo. Mex C.P. 53970, MXICO

Tel (5525) 5294-23-71 Fax (5525) 5294-85-13


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Studio GaiaSince the late 90s, it has been nearly impossible to experience hip hospitality in Manhattan without encountering Studio GAIAs mark. Thanks to dramatic designs for the new W Hotels in Mexico City and Seoul, the firms influence is now being feltinternationally.Waisbrod summarizes his companys philosophy: At Studio GAIA, we continually seek clients with whom we can explore the possibilities of architecture and design while challenging the conventions of a genre, be it hotels, restaurants or retailprojects. By focusing on our passion and the creative potential of our work, we will continue to thrive as designers and human beings.

www.studiogaia.com

601 west 26th street, suite 415 New york, NY10001 Tel: 212 6803500

TEN ArquitectosTaller de Enrique Norten Arquitectos,SC(TEN Arquitectos) is dedicated to the creation and investigation of Architecture and Design. Founded in Mexico City by Enrique Norten, HFAIAm in 1986, it opened a second office in New York City in 2001. CurrentlyTen Arquitectos has 25 members in Mexico City and 35 in New York. TEN Arquitectos has been involved in Projects of different types and scaes inclding furniture desgin, single family apartment and houses, residential, commercial and cultural buidings,parks, urban desgin and redevelopment projects. The work of TEN Arquitectos is known for its contermporary architectural language that unites the aspirations of the nodern world with traditions of its native Mexican culture and environment.

www.ten-arquitectos.com/

Cuernavaca 114/PB, Colonia Condesa, 0 6140 Mexico DF.

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