BELLAS ARTES

Los grandes compositores permite adentrarse en el sugerente mundo de la música clásica a través del camino que marcaron sus grandes protagonistas. El célebre Harold C. Schonberg, director de crítica musical del New York Times desde 1960 hasta 1980 y primer crítico musical en recibir el Premio Pulitzer por su trabajo, nos ofrece una narración de las apasionantes y extraordinarias vidas de los grandes compositores, y nos brinda la posibilidad de conocer no solo todo aquello que siempre quisimos saber sobre la música clásica, sino también los secretos de sus principales creadores, desde Monteverdi hasta finales del siglo xx, pasando por Bach, Händel, Gluck, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Chopin, Liszt, Brahms, Rossini, Verdi, Bizet, Wagner, Debussy, los Strauss, Puccini, Falla, Albéniz, Granados, Stravinski, Schoenberg o John Cage, entre otros muchos grandes maestros.

A Small House is a tribute to the endless artistic inventiveness of architects and ingenuity of perception of the familiar and known concepts. It is also a conscious pivot towards sustainability and reduction of impact on the environment as well as a daring attitude of change in lifestyle. As humanity faces inevitable pressures such as climate change, an increase in population, and strain on resources, these solutions are helping shape what the world may look like in the future.Whether in the dense urban areas of Tokyo, the wilderness of Australia, the woods of Canada, or a rooftop in Ecuador, this is the world of Small Houses. The one common point they share, is that they all have an area of no more than 100 square meters. Spanning 25 countries such as Brazil, Hungary, South Korea, Netherlands, USA, Japan, and Australia, described here there are houses designed by 57 architects, including Takeshi Hosaka’s Love2 House, Aranza de Ariño’s Casa Tiny, and the work of Jakub Szczesny, Charles Pictet, Lada Hršak, BIG, and Fran Silvestre, among others. This is a journey not only through recent evolutions in architectural design and creativity, but it is also a step toward a more sustainable world.

Farca looks to the work of the late design icon Luis Barragán for inspiration, blending tradition with modernity. He focuses on the importance of collaborating with indigenous artisans who work in age-old Mexican crafts, to create environmentally sustainable, indoor/outdoor spaces and furniture with a palette of natural materials, translated through a contemporary luxury lens. This lavish volume features sixteen of his newly built private residences in Mexico and California that show off his spectacular designs for seamless indoor and outdoor living.