Fraser, Valerie, author.

Building the new world : studies in the modern architecture of Latin America, 1930-1960 / Valerie Fraser.

London ; New York : Verso, 2000.
©2000

vii, 280 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations (some color), plans ; 20 cm

"Brasilia, Caracas, Mexico City, Rio de Janeiro ... cities synonymous with some of the most innovative and progressive architecture of the past century. The period between 1939 and 1960 in particular saw a dramatic upsurge in Latin American modern architecture as the various governments strove to make public their modernising intentions. After 1960, however, the year in which Brasilia was inaugurated, economic growth in the region slowed and the modernist project faltered. The English-speaking world, which had previously admired Latin American buildings, began to write them out of the history of twentieth-century architecture. Building the New World attempts to redress the balance. It surveys the most important examples of state-funded modernism in Latin America during a period of almost unimaginable optimism, when politicians and architects such as Pani, Costa, Reidy and Niemeyer sought ways, literally, to build their societies out of underdevelopment."--Jacket.

1859847870
9781859847879
1859843077 (paperback)
9781859843079 (paperback)

Architecture Latin America.
Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Architecture Amérique latine.
Architecture
Architecture, Modern
Latin America

Location: Library main 214849
Call No.: NA702.5 .F7 2000
Status: Available