Puerto Rico 1900 : turn-of-the-century architecture in the Hispanic Caribbean, 1890-1930 / txt
Jorge Rigau ; preface by Leon Krier.
- 232 p. ill. (some col.), maps 31 cm. book
Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-223) and index.
PREFACE by Leon Krier -- INTRODUCTION -- PREFIGURATIONS OF A NEW URBAN REALM. Codes as Precedent for Cityscape Transformations -- ON BEING MODERN IN THE CARIBBEAN. Architecture and Literature in Linkage -- COMING HOME TO BUILD. Architects' Percipience and Personalia -- THE HARVEST. Housing, Houses, and Schoolhouses -- SPANISH REVIVAL AS SPANISH DENIAL. Architecture in the 1920s from a Caribbean Perspective -- NOTES -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- SURVIVING MODERNIST HOUSES -- CREDITS -- INDEX -- Index -- Acosta y Fortis house, San German -- Alvarez house see Severiano Alvarez house -- Amill Chalet, Yauco -- Aneses house, Aguadilla -- Angel Nigaglioni house, Yauco -- Antonio Gonzalez Suarez house, Masco -- Armstrong-Poventud house, Ponce -- Asilo de Beneficencia, San Juan -- Aybar, Andrejulio -- Banco de Ponce, Ponce -- Bertoli Carderoni, Juan : projects in Ponce -- Big Fire of 1841 -- Blanco, Antonio Nicolas : El jardin de Pierrot -- Blasini house, Ponce -- Boscana, Aristides Moll -- Braschi, Augusto -- Brunet Calaf house, Manati -- Cabassa house, Ponce -- Caparra, Villa, Guaynabo -- Carmoega, Rafael -- Casa de Esparia, San Juan -- Casas gemelas -- Casas de vecindad -- Castells, Manuel -- Castillo de Mario Mercado, Guayanilla -- Castro, Carlos Maria : plan for Madrid -- Central High School, Santurce -- Gerdá Ildefonso : plan for Barcelona : Teoria general de la urbanizacion -- Chaflán -- Chamfered corners and chamfer codes -- Chevremont, Evaristo Ribera see Ribera Chevremont, Evaristo -- Colberg High School, Cabo Rojo -- Columbus, Christopher -- Concepcion, Elias -- Conesa, Julio -- Cora house, Arroyo -- Cuartel de Ballajá San Juan -- Cuba -- Dario, Ruben : Azul : Prosas Profanas : El reino interior -- Davila, Virgilio : Pueblito de antes -- de Castro, Pedro see also Serralles castle, Villa Caparra -- de Diego, Jose -- de Espana house, San Juan -- del Casal, Julian -- del Cueto, Beatriz -- Domenech, Manuel V. see also Armstrong-Poventud house -- twin houses, Ponce -- Dominican Republic -- Domingo Borelli house, Coamo -- Dominican Convent, San Juan -- Doria, Francisco Porrata see Porrata Doria, Francisco -- Duran Esmoris house, Mayagüez -- El Cortijo, Barranquitas -- Ensanche de Barcelona -- Escuela de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos de Madrid -- Esteves, Guillermo -- Esteves, Jose de Jesus : Alma Adentro -- Fernando Luis Toro house -- Fernando Rivera house, San German -- Fiallo, Fabio -- Finlayson, Adrian C. : Capitol Project -- Flagler, Henry -- Fleming-Franceschi house, Yauco -- Font house, Ponce -- Franceschi house see Fleming-Franceschi house Frau house, Ponce -- Frau house, San German -- Fuentes houses, Naguabo -- Garcia, Pedro -- Gaudi, Antoni -- Geipi house, Ponce -- Georgetti house, Santurce -- Godreau house, Ponce -- Gomez house, Mayagüez -- Gonzalez, Anibal -- Goodhue, Bertram -- Grau house, Mayagüez -- Gutierrez Najera, Manuel -- Hardoy, Jorge E. -- Haussmann, Baron Georges-Eugene -- Hay, John -- Hernandez, Jose P. H. -- Hunt, William -- Hurricane San Ciriaco -- Hurricane San Felipe -- Huyke, Juan B. -- i Cadafalch, Puig -- i Montaner, Domenech -- Jose Benitez house, Santurce -- Jose Ramon Nogueras house, Naguabo -- Juan Amill house, Yauco -- Juan Bigas house, Ponce -- Juan Lopez Suarez house, Aguadilla -- Juan Matos house, San German -- Jujol, Josep M. -- Julia, Enrique -- Lago, Jesus Maria : Cofre de sándal : Vaso Divino -- Lassise mansion, Sabana Grande -- Lefebvre, Henri -- Lindsay, Samuel M. -- Llorens Torres, Luis : Al pie de la Alhambra : El Zapatito Azul -- Manuel de J. and Berta Sepulveda house, Sabana Grande -- Mario Mercado castle, Guayanilla -- Marti, Jose -- Matos house, San German -- Mediopunto -- Mendez, Pedro -- Mizner, Addison : projects in Florida -- Modernisme -- Modernismo and modernistas -- Modernistas, see Modernismo and modernistas -- Moll Boscana, Aristides : La Ninfa y el Fauno -- Morse, Richard M. -- Moya Pons, Frank -- Nazario house, Mayagüez -- Nechodoma, Antonin : Gazebo : Girls Student Hostel : influence of Frank Lloyd Wright on : Jose Benitez house : Josefina Korber house : McCormick house : Roig house : tropical residence -- Net, Librado -- Nouel, Bienvenido -- Oliva Perez house, San German -- Oppenheimer house, Ponce -- Ortiz Perichi house, San German -- Oscar Bravo house, Mayagüez -- Pardo Morales house, Mayagüez -- Parque Santo Domingo, San German -- Paseo de Damas, Arecibo -- Perdomo, Apolinar -- Perez Paredes, Jose (Pepe) -- Perez Pierret, Antonio -- Perocier, Luis -- Plaza Colon, Mayagüez -- Plaza de Las Delicias, Ponce -- Plee, Auguste -- Ponce High School -- Porrata Doria, Francisco see also Mario Mercado castle, Vidal house -- Porta Coeli, San German -- Puerto Rico : independence from Spain, struggle for : influence of United States on -- Rama, Angel -- Ramirez de Arellano house, Guanajibo -- Revista de Obras Pliblicas -- Ribera Chevremont, Evaristo : Adios a una Estrella -- Rodó, Jose Enrique -- Rodriguez, Luis -- Rodriguez Rivera, Vicente -- Rodriguez Cabrero house, San Sebastian -- Rogers, Ernesto -- Sagnier, Enric -- Salazar house, Ponce -- Salichs, Eduardo -- San Fermin earthquake -- San Jose's Church, San Juan -- Scarano, Francisco A. -- School buildings -- Segre, Roberto -- Serralles, Mercedes houses -- Serralles castle -- Serralles house, Ponce -- Severiano Alvarez house, Mayagüez -- Silva, Jose Asunci6n -- Silva Boucher, Blas see also Font house, Frau house (Ponce), Juan Bigas house, Salazar house : houses by -- Soto house, San German -- Subira house, Ponce -- Sulievres apartments, Arecils -- Teatro Tapia, San Juan -- Ubaldino Ramirez de Arellano house, Mayagüez -- United States, see Puerto Rico, influence of United States on -- University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras campus -- Valdes castle, Mayagüez -- Valera, Juan -- Vidal house, Ponce -- Vidal D'Ors, Felix 24-25, -- Villaronga house, Ponce, -- Vives house, Ponce -- Vivoni, Pedro Tomis : brother's house (Tomas Vivoni house, San German) : house (Pedro Tomas Vivoni house, San German) -- Wiechers, Alfredo see also Blasini house, Oppenheimer house, Serralles house, Subira house, Villaronga house : home : houses by, Ponce : projects in Ponce -- Williams, Eric -- Wirshing Sastie house, Ponce -- Wright, Frank Lloyd -- Yañez Pinzón, Vincente -- Yordan house, Ponce -- Zaldo Nebot house, Ponce.
Examines architectural developments in Puerto Rico at the turn of the century and discusses such influences as the Spanish Revival and Latin American and Puerto Rican literature of the period.
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