Title & Author:

TEN Arquitectos : Enrique Norten, Bernardo Gómez-Pimienta / [introductory] texts by Richard Ingersoll, Terence Riley, Michael Sorkin.

Publication:

New York : Monacelli Press, 1998.

Description:

221 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.

Series:

Work in progress

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-221).
Foreword / Terence Riley -- Ten for TEN / Michael Sorkin -- Festina Lente / Richard Ingersoll -- Lighting center -- Houses N and R -- House O -- Alliance Francaise -- Workers Housing Brasil 75 -- Moda In-Casa -- FINSA offices -- Insurgentes Theater -- National School of Theater -- TELEVISA dining hall -- TELEVISA services building -- House X -- House LE-- Jaguar dealership -- House RR-- Hotel Habita -- Educare sports facilities -- JVC Convention and Exhibition Center -- About TEN Arquitectos -- TEN Arquitectos team -- List of projects.

Summary:

In the years since its 1985 founding, the architectural firm TEN (Taller de Enrique Norten) Arquitectos has altered not only the face of Mexico City but also the international perception of Mexican architecture. This monograph features twenty-one buildings and projects. The chronological presentation offers an analysis of the development of TEN Arquitectos; it also emphasizes the partners' view of each design as both culmination and departure, every project informing those to come. Among the completed buildings, almost all in Mexico City, are two major projects for TELEVISA, the largest television network in Mexico; the spectacular National School of Theater; commercial and retail projects; and a series of remarkable private residences. Also included are the firm's first projects in the United States.
Three essays provide a context for the firm's practice. Terence Riley discusses the work of Norten and Gomez-Pimienta in relation to other practitioners of their generation, concentrating on the themes of lightness, movement, and information technology. Richard Ingersoll explores the role Mexican - and architectural - tradition plays for the partners. And Michael Sorkin (who has collaborated with the architects on a project for Los Olivos Park in Mexico City) suggests ten forms of expression characteristic of TEN Arquitectos.

Resources:
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

1885254911 (paperback)
9781885254917 (paperback)

Subject:

Norten, Enrique.
Gomez-Pimienta, Bernardo, 1961-
Gomez-Pimienta, Bernardo.
TEN Arquitectos (Firm)
TEN Arquitectos (Firme)
TEN Arquitectos Firma
TEN Arquitectos.
Architecture Mexico History 20th century.
Functionalism (Architecture) Influence.
Architecture Mexico 20th century.
Functionalism (Architecture)
Architecture Mexique 20e siècle.
Fonctionnalisme (Architecture)
Architecture Mexique Histoire 20e siècle.
Fonctionnalisme (Architecture) Influence.
functionalism.
Architecture
Architecture, Modern 20th century Mexico.
Architectural firms Mexico.
Mexico

Form/genre:

Catalogues raisonnés.
History

Added entries:

TEN Arquitectos (Firm)
Work in progress (New York, N.Y.)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 222074
Call No.: NA44.T289.2 T4 1998
Status: Available