Apartamentos Bogotá

This visually striking book analyzes how the apartment has become the living space of choice in Bogota and examines the evolution in industrial and interior design that this development has entailed. Architects, designers, decorators, and other professionals have been challenged to create comfortable, functional, and stylish environments, and now their best work has been captured in lavish detail in photographs of some of the Colombian capital city's most interesting and beautiful apartments. From refined interiors and daring ceilings to appealing balconies and splendid terraces, many creative and novel spatial solutions are presented and explained as a tailored response to the demands of modern urban living. Este libro visualmente sorprendente analiza como el apartamento se ha convertido en la habitacion preferida en Bogota y examina la evolucion en el diseno industrial e interior que este suceso ha estimulado. Arquitectos, disenadores, decoradores y otros profesionales han tenido que crear ambientes comodos, funcionales y elegantes, y ahora sus mejores obras han sido captadas en detalle esplendido en fotos de algunos de los apartamentos mas interesantes y bellos de la capital colombiana. Desde interiores refinados y techos atrevidos hasta acogedores balcones y esplendidas terrazas, muchas creativas y novedosas soluciones espaciales se presentan y se explican como una respuesta hecha a la medida a las exigencias de la vida urbana moderna.

Alberto Saldarriaga Roa is an architect, the director of the Colombian Architectural Archives Corporation, and a visiting professor at various schools of architecture throughout Latin America. He has published numerous books on architecture and urban design. Santiago Escobar Jaramillo is an architect and photographer whose work has been exhibited both in Colombia and internationally. Andrés Mauricio López is a photographer whose work has appeared in Cafés de Colombia and Grabados antiguos de la Pontificia Universidad Javeriana.