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237 p. ill. ;col. ;plans. ; 30 cm. Since the early twentieth century, Latin America has been home to some of the most compelling architecture--from the large-scale and otherworldly civic structures of the Brazilian Oscar Niemeyer to the more intimate work of Mexico's Luis Barragan. In her new book Latin American Houses, historian Mercedes Daguerre shows that this tradition of architectural innovation lives on in the work of such contemporary architects as 2006 Pritzker Prize-winner Paulo Mendes da Rocha (Brazil), Mathias Klotz (Chile), Angelo Bucci (Argentina), and LBC Arquitectos (Mexico), among others. Focusing on one-family houses that have been built over the past decade, this lively new title explores the elegance and innovation with which today's Latin American architects evolve their modernist heritage. In some cases, as with Chilean Smiljan Radic Clarke's Pite House--a dramatic concrete bunker that cantilevers over a rough Pacific shoreline--the lineage is clear, as are the materials and strategies used to contend with often inhospitable locations. Others, like Mexican architect Michel Rojkind's bright red "ribbon" PR 34 House, reveal forms better known in such places as Japan. Wherever their location or material, however, the nineteen houses presented in Daguerre's new book are indication that Latin American architects are not content resting on their laurels. The backwards game / Mercedes Daguerre -- Alessandro's house, Brazil 1998 / Andrade & Morettin -- House on Lake Pirehueico, Chile 2004 / Alejandro Aravena -- House at Las Casuarinas, Peru 2005 / Javier Artadi -- Casa Schmitz, Chile 2002 / Felipe Assadi -- Houses on La Escondida Beach, Peru 2001-2003 / Barclay & Crousse -- House at José Ignacio, Uruguay / Clusellas & Colle -- Casa Izar, Mexico 2002 / GA Grupo Arquitectura, Daniel Alvarez -- Casa Negro, Mexico 2000 / Alberto Kalach -- Casa Ponce, Argentina 2003 / Mathias Klotz -- Casa du Plessis, Brazil 2003 / Marcio Kogan -- Detached house, Argentina 1998 / Leopoldo Laguinge -- House at Bosques de Santa Fe, Mexico 2003 / LBC Arquitectos, Alfonso López Baz and Javier Calleja -- Casa Ixtapa, Mexico 2001 / LCM, Fernando Romero -- Casa Prata Arcuschin, Brazil 2005 / Paulo Mendes da Rocha ; Detached house, Brazil 2002 / MMBB Arquitetos, Angelo Bucci -- Casa Slice, Brazil 2004 / Procter & Rihl -- Casa Pite, Chile 2005 / Smiljan Radic -- Casa PR 34, Mexico 2004 / Michel Rojkind -- House on Lake Colico, Chile 2004 / Cristián Undurraga -- Mercedes Daguerre. Include bibliography Architecture Domestic Latin America Architect,design houses Latin America Dwellings Latin America NA7202 D34 2012 728.37098 9781780750002 1780750005 pucpr 140605 20220509143121.0 eng