Torre Reforma / L. Benjamín Romano ; texts, Ali Malkawi, Francisco Serrano, Felipe Leal, L. Benjamín Romano ; photography, Iwan Baan, Alfonso Merchand ; English translations and copy editing, Fionn Petch, Quentin Pope.

Main entry:

Torre Reforma. English.

Title & Author:

Edition:

First edition.

Publication:

Mexico City : Arquine, 2019.

Description:

245 pages, 3 unnumbered pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, plans (some color), portraits ; 32 cm + 1 sheet

Notes:
Pages 45-59 comprise layers of plans on clear plastic sheets. Accompanied by loose paper sheet with base plan, for placing behind various overlay sheets.
"2,000 copies were printed."--Page 248
Foreword / Ali Malkawi -- Presentation / Francisco Serrano -- The renovation of Paseo de la Reforma, 2000-2004 / Felipe Leal -- Regulations / L. Benjamín Romano -- Structure / L. Benjamin Romano -- Flows / L. Benjamín Romano -- Plans -- Construction process -- Completed project -- Anecdotes -- Appendix.

Summary:

LBR & A Arquitectos, founded in 1976 by L. Benjamín Romano, designs and builds architectural projects based on four main axes: sustainable architecture, architectural structuring, high technology and artistic integration. The Reforma Tower was recognized in 2018 as the best skyscraper in the world for the International Highrise Award. With 57 floors and 244 meters high, it was built on the corner of Paseo de la Reforma and Río Elba, it shares the site with a house dating from 1929 that was displaced from the land to build the foundation of the tower and then returned to its original site. There are two large walls of apparent concrete, displaced in square and that open towards the Chapultepec Forest. The construction process of the tower was a fundamental part of the project, which has been expressed plastically. The structural and spatial complexity of the building is the key to understanding it. --Source other than Library of Congress.

ISBN:

9786079489434 (hardcover)
6079489430 (hardcover)

Subject:

Romano, L. Benjamín.
Torre Reforma (Mexico City, Mexico)
Torre Reforma (Mexico City, Mexico) Pictorial works.
LBR Arquitectos.
Skyscrapers Mexico Mexico City Design and construction.
Skyscrapers Mexico Mexico City Design and construction Pictorial works.
Skyscrapers Design and construction
Mexico Mexico City

Form/genre:

architectural drawings (visual works)
Pictorial works
Architectural drawings.
Dessins d'architecture.

Added entries:

Baan, Iwan, 1975- photographer.
Merchand, Alfonso, photographer.
Petch, Fionn, translator.
Pope, Quentin, translator.
Malkawi, Ali, writer of foreword.
Serrano, Francisco, 1937- writer of introduction.
Varela, Gabriela, book designer.
Kimura, David, book designer.
Leal, Felipe. Renovación del Paseo de la Reforma, 2000-2004. English.
Romano, L. Benjamín. Works. Selections. English.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 308385
Call No.: BIB 253563
Notes: sheet (axonometric of tower)
Status: Available

Location: Library main 308119
Call No.: BIB 253563
Status: Available

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