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A critical reappraisal of the notion of modernity in Mexican architecture and its influence on a generation of Mexican architects.

Table of Contents
  • Foreword by Ricardo Legorreta
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Alberto Pérez-Gómez. Mexico, Modernity, And Architecture: An Interview with Alberto Pérez-Gómez
  • Antonio E. Méndez-Vigatá. Politics And Architectural Language: Post-Revolutionary Regimes in Mexico and Their Influence on Mexican Public Architecture, 1920-1952
  • Celia Ester Arredondo Zambrano. Modernity In Mexico: The Case of the Ciudad Universitaria
  • Alberto Kalach. Architecture And Place: The Stadium of the University City
  • William J. R. Curtis. "The General And The Local": Enrique del Moral's Own House, Calle Francisco Ramirez 5, Mexico City, 1948
  • Edward R. Burian. The Architecture Of Juan O'Gorman: Dichotomy and Drift
  • Carlos G. Mijares Bracho. The Architecture Of Carlos Obregón Santacilia: A Work for Its Time and Context
  • Antonio Toca Fernández. Juan Segura: The Origins of Modern Architecture in Mexico
  • Louise Noelle Merles. The Architecture And Urbanism Of Mario Pani: Creativity and Compromise
  • Postscript
  • Notes on the Contributors
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index

Modernity and the Architecture of Mexico

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/06/1997
      ISBN13: 9780292708532, 978-0292708532
      ISBN10: 029270853X

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A critical reappraisal of the notion of modernity in Mexican architecture and its influence on a generation of Mexican architects.

      Table of Contents
      • Foreword by Ricardo Legorreta
      • Acknowledgments
      • Introduction
      • Alberto Pérez-Gómez. Mexico, Modernity, And Architecture: An Interview with Alberto Pérez-Gómez
      • Antonio E. Méndez-Vigatá. Politics And Architectural Language: Post-Revolutionary Regimes in Mexico and Their Influence on Mexican Public Architecture, 1920-1952
      • Celia Ester Arredondo Zambrano. Modernity In Mexico: The Case of the Ciudad Universitaria
      • Alberto Kalach. Architecture And Place: The Stadium of the University City
      • William J. R. Curtis. "The General And The Local": Enrique del Moral's Own House, Calle Francisco Ramirez 5, Mexico City, 1948
      • Edward R. Burian. The Architecture Of Juan O'Gorman: Dichotomy and Drift
      • Carlos G. Mijares Bracho. The Architecture Of Carlos Obregón Santacilia: A Work for Its Time and Context
      • Antonio Toca Fernández. Juan Segura: The Origins of Modern Architecture in Mexico
      • Louise Noelle Merles. The Architecture And Urbanism Of Mario Pani: Creativity and Compromise
      • Postscript
      • Notes on the Contributors
      • Selected Bibliography
      • Index

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