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Puerta of Dreams
Author(s) -
Watson Howard
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
architectural design
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.128
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1554-2769
pISSN - 0003-8504
DOI - 10.1002/ad.151
Subject(s) - style (visual arts) , architecture , arch , context (archaeology) , sociology , history , art history , aesthetics , art , visual arts , archaeology
Inside, Puerta América is a hotchpotch, but the problem is lessened by using the arch‐minimalist John Pawson to design the communal areas, creating a passive backdrop to the chaos of themes that inhabit the rooms on different floors. A few architecture critics have claimed that some of the more famous contributors have merely placed their signature style within a hotel context. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.