Hochhäuser = High-Rise Buildings = Tours.

Table of Contents: “…The fascination of skyscrapers/ Christian Schittich, p. 926 -- Icons of progress - high-rise buildings, their motivation, aesthetics and effects / Robert Kaltenbrunner, p. 928-934 -- The origins of the high-rise building / Ellen Denk, p. 935-940 -- Typological aspects of high-rise buildings / Christoph Ingenhoven, p. 956-961 -- Torre Cube in Guadalajara, Mexico (Estudio Carme Pinos), p. 962-964 -- Woermann Plaza in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria (Abalos Herreros), p. 965-967 -- Torre Agbar, Barcelona (Ateliers Jean Nouvel), p. 968-970 -- Uptown tower, Munich (Ingenhoven Architekten), p. 971-973 -- Montevideo high-rise housing and office block, Rotterdam (Mecanoo), p. 974-976 -- Hearst Tower, New York (Foster Partners), p. 977-979 -- International Finance Centre Two, Hong Kong (Pelli Clarke Pelli), p. 980-982 -- New York Times Building, Times Square (Renzo Piano Building Workshop and FXFowle Architects), p. 984-1004 [includes: interview with project architect Erik Volz on the design, p. 986-993 / Planning from the client's point of view - interview with Hussain Ali-Khan of the New York Times, p. 994-997 -- The load-bearing structure of the New York Times Building / Tom Scarangello, p. 998-99 -- European features in a New York skyscraper - an interview with David Kaplan of FXFowle, p. 1000-1004]…”

Detalles de interior : casas de García Montaño, Axpe, Llps Arquitectos, Brooks, Amaral Corona.

Table of Contents: “…Paul Cocksedge diseñar lámparas metiendo un vaso de plástico en el microondas -- Cafetería Nucleus en Londres : Lief Design -- Exposición Eurasia en Madrid : varios autores -- Viviendas Pinions Barn, Reino Unido : Simon Conder -- Casa Engawa en Tokio : Tezuka Architects -- Fundación Gerardo Diego, Santander : Lorenzo Fernández Ordoñez -- Botellón cultural / José María Faerna -- Ampliación de la Academia de Bellas Artes de Múnich, Coop Himmelb(l)au / Duccio Malagamba -- Feria de Valencia. …”

A modo de presentación.

El modernismo / by Fahr-Becker, Gabriele

Kunststoffe = Plastics = Plastiques = Plastica /

Table of Contents: “…/ by Simone Jeska -- Acqua-Scape, Echigo-Tsumari Exchange Center, Tokamachi (Ryumei Fujiki Fujiki Studio with KOU::ARC) -- Floating pavilion at a conference and trade centrel -- House in Minamituru-gunn (Takeshi Hosaka -- Villepinte Parc des Expositions : Hall 7 Paris (Lacaton Vassal -- House on the edges of Santiago, Chile (FAR - frohn rojas) -- Exhibition building, Busan, South Korea (Mass Studies) -- Entrance to the Novartis commercial campus, Basel (Marco Serra) -- Infraestructure workshops and service centre, with fire station, Frutigen, Bern, Switzerland (Muller Truniger Architekten) -- Reiss flagship store and HQ, off Oxford Street, London (Squire Partners) -- Renewal of the suspended ceiling at the Olympic swiming facility in Munich (original architects, 1972 : Behnisch Partner and Frei Otto with engineers Leonhardt Andra : architects for renewal : Auer Weber with engineers Schlaich Bergermann Partner) / by Knut Goppert -- Bio-plastics / by Nicola Stattmann -- Translucent high-performance silica-aerogel insulation for membrane structures / by Jan Cremers and Felix Lausch…”