Latin American Modern Architectures: Ambiguous Territories

by del Real; Patricio

• ISBN13: 9780415893466
• ISBN10: 0415893461
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2012-08-24
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

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

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
Contributors	p. x
Acknowledgments	p. xiv
Introduction	p. 1
Ambiguous Territories
Singular Journeys	p. 31
Lucio Costa's Luso-Brazilian Routes	p. 33
Recalibrating "Center" and "Periphery"
"Corbusians" in Uruguay	p. 53
A Contradictory Report
Mass Culture at Mid-Century	p. 75
Architecture under a "New Humanism"
Techno-Cultural Assemblages	p. 91
Pre-Columbian Skins, Developmentalist Souls	p. 93
The Architect as Politician
Caracas's Cultural (Be)longings	p. 115
Retracing the Troubled Trajectories of the Superbloque Experiment
Monumentally and Resignification	p. 135
The UNCTAD III Building in Chile
A Panel's Tale	p. 153
The Soviet I-464 System and the Politics of Assemblage
Argentina's Cuestión Capital	p. 170
Founding a Modern Nation
Modern Frontiers	p. 191
Beyond Brasília, the Amazon
Mediated Territories	p. 213
Reflections of the "Colonial"	p. 215
Between Mexico and Californiano
Aviation, Electrification, and the Nation	p. 235
Visions from Colombia and Chile
Mario Pani's Hospitality	p. 251
Latin America through Arquitectura/México
Technics and Civilization	p. 270
Félix Candela's Geopolitical Imaginary
Image Credits	p. 291
Index	p. 297
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