Modernity and the Architecture of Mexico

Name: Modernity and the Architecture of Mexico
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ISBN: 9780292708532

ISBN-10: 029270853X

ISBN-13: 9780292708532

Edition: 1997

Authors: Edward R. Burian, Ricardo Legoretta, Ricardo Legoretta

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Since the mid 1970s, there has been an extraordinary renewal of interest in early modern architecture, both as a way of gaining insight into contemporary architectural culture and as a reaction to neoconservative postmodernism. This book undertakes a critical reappraisal of the notion of modernity in Mexican architecture and its influence on a generation of Mexican architects whose works spanned the 1920s through the 1960s. Nine essays by noted architects and architectural historians cover a range of topics from broad-based critical commentaries to discussions of individual architects and buildings. Among the latter are the architects Enrique del Moral, Juan O'Gorman, Carlos Obregoacute;n…

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List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication date: 6/1/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 232
Size: 6.08" wide x 9.22" long x 0.55" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Foreword



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Mexico, Modernity, And Architecture: An Interview with



Politics And Architectural Language: Post-Revolutionary Regimes in Mexico and Their Influence on Mexican Public Architecture, 1920-1952



Modernity In Mexico: The Case of the Ciudad Universitaria



Architecture And Place: The Stadium of the University City



"The General And The Local": Enrique del Moral's Own House, Calle Francisco Ramirez 5, Mexico City, 1948



The Architecture Of Juan O'Gorman: Dichotomy and Drift



The Architecture Of Carlos Obregï¿½n Santacilia: A Work for Its Time and Context



Juan Segura: The Origins of Modern Architecture in Mexico



The Architecture And Urbanism Of Mario Pani: Creativity and Compromise


Postscript


Notes on the Contributors


Selected Bibliography


Index