|
Showing 1 - 7 of
7 matches in All Departments
|
Critical Readings (Paperback)
Ruth Verde Zein; Edited by Fernando Luiz Lara, Silvana Romano
|
R482
R401
Discovery Miles 4 010
Save R81 (17%)
|
Ships in 10 - 15 working days
|
Designed as a survey and focused on key examples and movements
arranged chronologically from 1903 to 2003, this is the first
comprehensive history of modern architecture in Latin America in
any language. Runner-up, University Co-op Robert W. Hamilton Book
Award, 2015 Modern Architecture in Latin America: Art, Technology,
and Utopia is an introductory text on the issues, polemics, and
works that represent the complex processes of political, economic,
and cultural modernization in the twentieth century. The number and
types of projects varied greatly from country to country, but, as a
whole, the region produced a significant body of architecture that
has never before been presented in a single volume in any language.
Modern Architecture in Latin America is the first comprehensive
history of this important production. Designed as a survey and
focused on key examples/paradigms arranged chronologically from
1903 to 2003, this volume covers a myriad of countries; historical,
social, and political conditions; and projects/developments that
range from small houses to urban plans to architectural movements.
The book is structured so that it can be read in a variety of
ways-as a historically developed narrative of modern architecture
in Latin America, as a country-specific chronology, or as a
treatment of traditions centered on issues of art, technology, or
utopia. This structure allows readers to see the development of
multiple and parallel branches/historical strands of architecture
and, at times, their interconnections across countries. The authors
provide a critical evaluation of the movements presented in
relationship to their overall goals and architectural
transformations.
|
You may like...
Loot
Nadine Gordimer
Paperback
(2)
R383
R310
Discovery Miles 3 100
|