Latin American modern architectures :
Latin American modern architectures : ambiguous territories /
[edited by] Patricio del Real and Helen Gyger.
- New York : Routledge, 2013.
- xi, 301 p.
Includes index.
"Latin American Modern Architectures has thirteen new essays from a range of distinguished architectural historians to help you understand the region's rich and varied architecture. It will also introduce you to major projects that haven't been written about in English. A foreword by historian Kenneth Frampton sets the stage for essays on well-known architects, such as Luis Barragán and Félix Candela, which will show you unfamiliar aspects of their work, and for essays on the work of little-known architects, such as Lucio Costa and Joaquim Cardozo, which will spark your creativity. This book is your best source for historical and critical essays on a sampling of Latin America's diverse architecture, providing much-needed information on key case studies"--
9780415893459 (hardback) 9780415893466 (pb)
Architecture--History--Latin America--20th century.
ARCHITECTURE / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945).
ARCHITECTURE / History / Contemporary (1945-).
ARCHITECTURE / Individual Architects & Firms / Essays.
720.98 / LAT
Includes index.
"Latin American Modern Architectures has thirteen new essays from a range of distinguished architectural historians to help you understand the region's rich and varied architecture. It will also introduce you to major projects that haven't been written about in English. A foreword by historian Kenneth Frampton sets the stage for essays on well-known architects, such as Luis Barragán and Félix Candela, which will show you unfamiliar aspects of their work, and for essays on the work of little-known architects, such as Lucio Costa and Joaquim Cardozo, which will spark your creativity. This book is your best source for historical and critical essays on a sampling of Latin America's diverse architecture, providing much-needed information on key case studies"--
9780415893459 (hardback) 9780415893466 (pb)
Architecture--History--Latin America--20th century.
ARCHITECTURE / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945).
ARCHITECTURE / History / Contemporary (1945-).
ARCHITECTURE / Individual Architects & Firms / Essays.
720.98 / LAT