Latin American Modern Architectures: Ambiguous Territories

ISBN-13: 9780415893466 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 320 str.

del Real, Patricio

Opis

This title has 13 essays from a range of distinguished architectural historians which help the reader understand Latin America's rich and varied architecture. It also introduces readers to major projects that haven't been written about in English.

Spis treści

Foreword Kenneth Frampton.  Acknowledgments.  Introduction  Part 1: Singular Journeys  1. Lucio Costa’s Luso-Brazilian Routes: Recalibrating "Center" and "Periphery" Gaia Piccarolo  2. "Corbusians" in Uruguay: A Contradictory Report Jorge Nudelman Blejwas  3. Mass Culture at Mid-Century: Architecture under a "New Humanism" Noemí Adagio  Part 2: Techno-Cultural Assemblages  4. Pre-Columbian Skins, Developmentalist Souls: The Architect as Politician Luis Castañeda  5. Caracas’s Cultural (Be)longings: Re-tracing the Troubled Trajectories of the Superbloque Experiment Viviana d’Auria  6. Monumentality and Resignification: The UNCTAD III Building in Chile Daniel Talesnik  7. A Panel’s Tale: The Soviet I-464 System and the Politics of Assemblage Pedro Ignacio Alonso and Hugo Palmarola Sagredo  8. Argentina’s cuestión capital: Founding a Modern Nation, 1850–1888 Claudia Shmidt  9. Modern Frontiers: Beyond Brasilia, the Amazon Paulo Tavares  Part 3: Mediated Territories  10. Reflections of the "Colonial": Between Mexico and Californiano Cristina López Uribe  11. Aviation, Electrification, and the Nation: Visions from Colombia and Chile Hugo Mondragón López  12. Mario Pani’s Hospitality: Latin America in Arquitectura/México George F. Flaherty  13. Technics and Civilization: Félix Candela's Geopolitical Imaginary Maria González Pendás.  Contributors.  Image Credits.  Index

O autorze

Patricio del Real holds a PhD in Architecture History and Theory from Columbia University.　 Helen Gyger holds a PhD in Architecture History and Theory from Columbia University.