ambiguous territories Del Real, Patricio creator Del Real, Patricio 1966- editor of compilation. Gyger, Helen editor of compilation. text bibliography Electronic books. nyu 2013 monographic eng

electronic resource

1 online resource (xi, 301 p.) : ill., maps. "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"-- Introduction : Ambiguous territories / Patricio del Real and Helen Gyger -- Lucio Costa's Luso-Brzailian routes : recalibrating "center" and "periphery" / Gaia Piccarolo -- "Corbusians" in Uruguay : a contradictory report / Jorge Nudelman Blejwas -- Mass culture at mid-century : architecture under a "new humanism" / Noemí Adagio -- Pre-Columbian skins, developmentalist souls : the architect as politician / Luis Castañeda -- Caracas's cultural (be)longings : retracing the troubled trajectories of the Superbloque experiment / Viviana d'Auria -- Monumentality and resignification : the UNCTAD III building in Chile / Daniel Talesnik -- A panel's tale : the Soviet I-464 system and the politics of assemblage / Pedro Ignacio Alonso and Hugo Palmarola Sagredo -- Argentina's Cuestión capital : founding a modern nation / Claudia Shmidt -- Modern frontiers : beyond Brasília, the Amazon / Paula Tavares -- Reflections of the "colonial" : between Mexico and Californiano / Cristina López Uribe -- Aviation, electrification, and the nation : visions from Colombia and Chile / Hugo Mondragón López -- Mario Pani's hospitatlitý : Latin America through Arquitectura/México / George F. Flaherty -- Technics and civilization : Félix Candela's geopolitical imaginary / María González Pendás. -- edited by Patricio del Real and Helen Gyger. Includes index. Includes bibliographical references and index. Architecture Latin America History 20th century ARCHITECTURE History Modern (late 19th Century to 1945) ARCHITECTURE History Contemporary (1945- ) ARCHITECTURE Individual Architects & Firms Essays ARCHITECTURE / Criticism ARCHITECTURE / History / General ARCHITECTURE / Regional NA702.5 L39 2013 720.98/0904 New York : Routledge, 2013 (DLC) 2012007233 (OCoLC)746838228 0203101286 9780203101285 9781136234422 113623442X https://login.ezproxy.pucpr.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=590841 https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=590841 https://login.ezproxy.pucpr.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=590841 https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=590841 pucpr 130610 20220218141953.0 eng