Latin American Modern Architectures: Ambiguous Territories

Latin American Modern Architectures has thirty new essays from thirty-five architectural historians. This book will help you understand the region#xE2;#xAC;"s rich and varied architecture. It will also introduce you to major projects that haven#xE2;#xAC;"t been written about in English. A foreword by historian Kenneth Frampton sets the stage for essays on well-known architects, such as Luis Barrag#xC3;#xA1;n and F#xC3;#xA9;lix 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. You#xE2;#xAC;"re probably aware that the architecture and cultures of Spain and Portugal are similar to Latin America. And that there are many links between Mexico and the United States. Or even that Argentina and Brazil influence each other. But have you thought of how Chile relates to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics? Or how Japan interacts with Latin America? This book on modernism outside of the Western architectural tradition is sure to broaden your architectural knowledge. Contributors include: T#xC3;#xA2;nia Beisl Ramos Jorge F. Buj#xC3;#xA1;n Madalena Cunha Matos Rafael Antonion Cunha Perrone Viviana d#xE2;#xAC;"Auria Federico Deambrosis Luis #xC3;ngel Del Llano Gilio Ram#xC3;#xB3;n Del Llano Ib#xC3;#xA1;#xC3;#xB1;ez Leonardo Diaz-Borioli Celia Ferraz de Souza George Flaherty Andrea Y. Flores Urushima Jorge Francisco Liernur Maria Gonz#xC3;#xA1;lez Pend#xC3;#xA1;s Renato Holmer Fiore Pedro Ignacio Alonso Maria Isabel Oliver Guillermo Jajamovich Salvador Liz#xC3;#xA1;rraga S#xC3;#xA1;nchez Cristina L#xC3;#xB3;pez Uribe Johanna Lozoya Hugo Mondrag#xC3;#xB3;n Aline Nassaralla Regino Hugo Palmarola Sagredo Gaia Piccarolo Florencia Quesada Fredo Rivera Ricardo Rocha Lucia Santa Ana Lozada Claudia Shmidt Maria Soares de Almedia Andr#xC3;#xA9; Tavares Paulo Tavares Ines Zalduendo

Patricio del Real holds a PhD in Architecture History and Theory from Columbia University. Helen Gyger holds a PhD in Architecture History and Theory from Columbia University.