Main entry:

Plaut, Jeannette.

Title & Author:

CEPAL 1962_1966 : United Nations Building, Emilio Duhart Arquitecto / Jeannette Plaut, Marcelo Sarovic.

Publication:

Santiago, Chile : Constructo, 2012.

Description:

147 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Presentación -- De concreto, identidad y sueños = Of concrete, identity and dreams / Alicia Bárcena (Executive Secretary of Cepal) -- Duhart y la arquitectura transcontinental de las Naciones Unidas = Duhart and the transcontinental architecture of the United Nations / Barry Gergdoll (Curator in Architecture and Design, MoMA NY) -- Emilio Duhart y el Edificio de las Naciones Unidas en Santiago = Emilio Duhart and Santiago's United Nations building / Fernando Pérez (Dean of the Doctorate Program in Architecture and Urban Studies, PUC) -- Entre el imaginar y el construir: Construcción del edificio para las Naciones Unidas, Cepal 1961-66 = Between imagining and building: the construction of the ECLAC United Nations building, 1961-66 / Jeannette Plaut + Marcelo Sarovic -- Inauguración, 29 de agosto 1966 = Opening August 29th., 1966 -- Anexos = Annexes -- Planos de Arquitectura -- Especificaciones Técnicas de Ingeniería -- CEPAL, símbolo de América Latina y el Caribe -- Notas de prensa escritas.
In Spanish and English.

Summary:

Architects Plaut and Sarovic present a compilation of unedited material prepared and selected from historical archives and research works dedicated to the architectural legacy of Emilio Duhart (b. Tamuco, Chile 1917), highlighting the design, construction process and inauguration in 1966 of the ECLAC's building (Santiago headquarters to the United Nations' Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean) considered one of the most important works of modern architecture in the world. Includes historic photographs of Burmese diplomat U Thant, Secretary-General of the United Nations (1961-1971) and the President of Chile Eduardo Frei Montalva (1964-1970).

ISBN:

9789568801090 (paperback)
956880109X (paperback)

Subject:

Duhart H., Emilio.
United Nations. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean.
Office buildings Chile Santiago.
Public buildings Chile Santiago.
Immeubles de bureaux Chili Santiago.
Bâtiments publics Chili Santiago.
Buildings
Office buildings
Public buildings
Santiago (Chile) Buildings, structures, etc. History.
Chile Santiago

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Sarovic, Marcelo.
Constructo (Firm)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 283145
Call No.: BIB 221172
Status: Available