Un cánon de arquitectura moderna, 1900-2000

City and Architecture, Six generations who built up the modern Latin America comes from the architecture and urban planning history developed in the Latin-American area between 1885 and 1975. This is an organized work from a method called by the author generational, which covers 90 years (six generations). The names of those generations, that each one of them covers a period of 15 years, are gathered together in the chapters names of the book. The exposition of the context of each historic period is connected with the analysis of the architecture work, which offers a wide outlook of the...

Winner of the 2020 SAMLA Studies Book Award — Edited Collection Cities both near and far communicate in a variety of ways. Travel between, through, and among urban centers initiates contact, and cities themselves are sites of ever-changing cultural and historical encounters. Predictable and surprising challenges and opportunities arise when city borders are crossed, voices meet, and artistic traditions find their counterparts. Using the Latin word for “translation,” translatio, or “to carry across,” as a point of departure, Avenues of Translation explores how translation...

Las obras de Landa García Landa publicadas en este libro son una magnífica muestra de lo mejor de la arquitectura mexicana actual. Este grupo de arquitectos de Monterrey, formado por Agustín Landa, Roberto García e Ignacio Landa, ha realizado en pocos años una obra ejemplar, sustentada en el oficio y el método, desde su condición funcional y didáctica. Su trabajo destaca por una arquitectura moderna “sin estilo”, aunque fácilmente reconocible y enormemente variada que abarca un amplio espectro de tipologías, escalas y funciones. A través de 18 proyectos construidos más 17...

Written by three architectural journalists, this book offers an a-to-z look at 100 of the world’s best architects, from the Madrid-based team Abalos & Herreros to Peter Zumthor, one of the most important figures on the Swiss architectural scene. The two-page spreads combine analytical text with a selection of stunning photos showing the architects’ most famous works, while providing an overview of the varied nature of architecture today. Such luminaries as Frank Gehry, Michael Graves, Maya Lin, and Richard Meier, are discusssed along with the accomplishments of Japanese architects Kenzo...