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Portable Property examines how culture-bearing objects came to stand for distant people and places, creating or preserving a sense of self and community despite geographic dislocation. Victorian novels--because they themselves came to be understood as the quintessential portable property--tell the story of this change most clearly. Plotz analyzes a wide range of works,(...)
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Portable Property examines how culture-bearing objects came to stand for distant people and places, creating or preserving a sense of self and community despite geographic dislocation. Victorian novels--because they themselves came to be understood as the quintessential portable property--tell the story of this change most clearly. Plotz analyzes a wide range of works,(...)
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Portable property: victorian culture on the move
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Portable Property examines how culture-bearing objects came to stand for distant people and places, creating or preserving a sense of self and community despite geographic dislocation. Victorian novels--because they themselves came to be understood as the quintessential portable property--tell the story of this change most clearly. Plotz analyzes a wide range of works, paying particular attention to George Eliot's Daniel Deronda, Anthony Trollope's Eustace Diamonds, and R. D. Blackmore's Lorna Doone. He also discusses Thomas Hardy and William Morris's vehement attack on the very notion of cultural portability. The result is a richer understanding of the role of objects in British culture at home and abroad during the Age of Empire.
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Portable Property examines how culture-bearing objects came to stand for distant people and places, creating or preserving a sense of self and community despite geographic dislocation. Victorian novels--because they themselves came to be understood as the quintessential portable property--tell the story of this change most clearly. Plotz analyzes a wide range of works, paying particular attention to George Eliot's Daniel Deronda, Anthony Trollope's Eustace Diamonds, and R. D. Blackmore's Lorna Doone. He also discusses Thomas Hardy and William Morris's vehement attack on the very notion of cultural portability. The result is a richer understanding of the role of objects in British culture at home and abroad during the Age of Empire.
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August 2008, New Haven
August 2008, New Haven
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Design Theory
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This is the first book to analyze the evolution of the Roman amphitheatre as an architectural form. Katherine Welch addresses the critical period in the history of this building type: its origins and dissemination under the Republic, from the third to first centuries BC; its monumentalization as an architectural form under Augustus; and its canonization as a building type(...)
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This is the first book to analyze the evolution of the Roman amphitheatre as an architectural form. Katherine Welch addresses the critical period in the history of this building type: its origins and dissemination under the Republic, from the third to first centuries BC; its monumentalization as an architectural form under Augustus; and its canonization as a building type(...)
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The roman amphitheatre: from its origins to the colosseum
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This is the first book to analyze the evolution of the Roman amphitheatre as an architectural form. Katherine Welch addresses the critical period in the history of this building type: its origins and dissemination under the Republic, from the third to first centuries BC; its monumentalization as an architectural form under Augustus; and its canonization as a building type with the Colosseum (AD 80). She explores the social and political contexts of each of these phases in detail. The study then shifts focus to the reception of the amphitheatre and the games in the Greek East, a part of the Empire that was, initially, deeply fractured about the new realities of Roman rule.
The roman amphitheatre: from its origins to the colosseum
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This is the first book to analyze the evolution of the Roman amphitheatre as an architectural form. Katherine Welch addresses the critical period in the history of this building type: its origins and dissemination under the Republic, from the third to first centuries BC; its monumentalization as an architectural form under Augustus; and its canonization as a building type with the Colosseum (AD 80). She explores the social and political contexts of each of these phases in detail. The study then shifts focus to the reception of the amphitheatre and the games in the Greek East, a part of the Empire that was, initially, deeply fractured about the new realities of Roman rule.
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February 2009
February 2009
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History until 1900, Classicism
History until 1900, Classicism
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The art and architecture of ancient America : the Mexican, Maya, and Andean peoples / George Kubler.
The art and architecture of ancient America : the Mexican, Maya, and Andean peoples / George Kubler.
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xliii, 420 pages, 97 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 27 cm.
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Harmondsworth [England] ; Baltimore : Penguin, 1975., ©1975
Harmondsworth [England] ; Baltimore : Penguin, 1975., ©1975
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The art and architecture of ancient America : the Mexican, Maya, and Andean peoples / George Kubler.
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xliii, 420 pages, 97 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 27 cm.
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Harmondsworth [England] ; Baltimore : Penguin, 1975., ©1975
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Face à Trouville - sa rivale de toujours - Deauville est d'abord une spéculation balnéaire du Second Empire, allotie sur un terrain plat et sur un plan quadrillé. Mais elle est ensuite un jardin des modes, un lieu d'apparat et d'exhibition où aiment à parader belles de jour et nouveaux riches. En s'en faisant les promoteurs, c'est ce que comprendront(...)
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Face à Trouville - sa rivale de toujours - Deauville est d'abord une spéculation balnéaire du Second Empire, allotie sur un terrain plat et sur un plan quadrillé. Mais elle est ensuite un jardin des modes, un lieu d'apparat et d'exhibition où aiment à parader belles de jour et nouveaux riches. En s'en faisant les promoteurs, c'est ce que comprendront(...)
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Deauville : la vitrine balnéaire des élégances
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Face à Trouville - sa rivale de toujours - Deauville est d'abord une spéculation balnéaire du Second Empire, allotie sur un terrain plat et sur un plan quadrillé. Mais elle est ensuite un jardin des modes, un lieu d'apparat et d'exhibition où aiment à parader belles de jour et nouveaux riches. En s'en faisant les promoteurs, c'est ce que comprendront quelques hommes d'affaires avisés. Là où la verve de Michel Georges-Michel déploies les chroniques mondaines du traité de Versailles à la crise de 1929, Boris Veblen en restitue la perspective du duc de Morny à nos jours, tandis que Paul Smith nous en dévoile certains codes du "charme discret" ou des "signes extérieurs de richesse" à travers l'automobile et l'architecture de Georges Wybo...
Deauville : la vitrine balnéaire des élégances
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Face à Trouville - sa rivale de toujours - Deauville est d'abord une spéculation balnéaire du Second Empire, allotie sur un terrain plat et sur un plan quadrillé. Mais elle est ensuite un jardin des modes, un lieu d'apparat et d'exhibition où aiment à parader belles de jour et nouveaux riches. En s'en faisant les promoteurs, c'est ce que comprendront quelques hommes d'affaires avisés. Là où la verve de Michel Georges-Michel déploies les chroniques mondaines du traité de Versailles à la crise de 1929, Boris Veblen en restitue la perspective du duc de Morny à nos jours, tandis que Paul Smith nous en dévoile certains codes du "charme discret" ou des "signes extérieurs de richesse" à travers l'automobile et l'architecture de Georges Wybo...
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December 2011
December 2011
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Architectural Theory
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En 1860, le Baron Haussmann créait la "Commission Historique de Paris". C'est elle qui chargea Charles Marville de photographier, entre 1862 et 1868, les rues appelées à disparaître sous le Second Empire. Napoléon III accueillit cette initiative avec enthousiasme. "Ceci permettra de suivre à travers les siècles les transformations de la ville qui, grâce à votre(...)
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En 1860, le Baron Haussmann créait la "Commission Historique de Paris". C'est elle qui chargea Charles Marville de photographier, entre 1862 et 1868, les rues appelées à disparaître sous le Second Empire. Napoléon III accueillit cette initiative avec enthousiasme. "Ceci permettra de suivre à travers les siècles les transformations de la ville qui, grâce à votre(...)
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Paris Rive Droite: avant-après Haussmann
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En 1860, le Baron Haussmann créait la "Commission Historique de Paris". C'est elle qui chargea Charles Marville de photographier, entre 1862 et 1868, les rues appelées à disparaître sous le Second Empire. Napoléon III accueillit cette initiative avec enthousiasme. "Ceci permettra de suivre à travers les siècles les transformations de la ville qui, grâce à votre infatigable activité, est aujourd'hui la plus splendide et la plus salubre des capitales de l'Europe", écrira-t-il à son préfet. Studio Traktir a photographié aujourd'hui les rues et les monuments de la Rive Droite de Paris, de l'endroit précis où Marville les avait pris, et nous avons demandé à l'historien de Paris, Patrice de Moncan, grand spécialiste de la transformation de Paris sous Haussmann, de les commenter une à une.
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En 1860, le Baron Haussmann créait la "Commission Historique de Paris". C'est elle qui chargea Charles Marville de photographier, entre 1862 et 1868, les rues appelées à disparaître sous le Second Empire. Napoléon III accueillit cette initiative avec enthousiasme. "Ceci permettra de suivre à travers les siècles les transformations de la ville qui, grâce à votre infatigable activité, est aujourd'hui la plus splendide et la plus salubre des capitales de l'Europe", écrira-t-il à son préfet. Studio Traktir a photographié aujourd'hui les rues et les monuments de la Rive Droite de Paris, de l'endroit précis où Marville les avait pris, et nous avons demandé à l'historien de Paris, Patrice de Moncan, grand spécialiste de la transformation de Paris sous Haussmann, de les commenter une à une.
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August 2012
August 2012
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History until 1900, France
History until 1900, France
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En 1860, le Baron Haussmann créait la "Commission Historique de Paris". C'est elle qui chargea Charles Marville de photographier, entre 1862 et 1868, les rues appelées à disparaître sous le Second Empire. Napoléon III accueillit cette initiative avec enthousiasme. "Ceci permettra de suivre à travers les siècles les transformations de la ville qui, grâce à votre(...)
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En 1860, le Baron Haussmann créait la "Commission Historique de Paris". C'est elle qui chargea Charles Marville de photographier, entre 1862 et 1868, les rues appelées à disparaître sous le Second Empire. Napoléon III accueillit cette initiative avec enthousiasme. "Ceci permettra de suivre à travers les siècles les transformations de la ville qui, grâce à votre(...)
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Paris Rive Gauche: avant-après Haussmann
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En 1860, le Baron Haussmann créait la "Commission Historique de Paris". C'est elle qui chargea Charles Marville de photographier, entre 1862 et 1868, les rues appelées à disparaître sous le Second Empire. Napoléon III accueillit cette initiative avec enthousiasme. "Ceci permettra de suivre à travers les siècles les transformations de la ville qui, grâce à votre infatigable activité, est aujourd'hui la plus splendide et la plus salubre des capitales de l'Europe", écrira-t-il à son préfet. Nous avons photographié chacune des rues et des monuments de la Rive Gauche de Paris, de l'endroit précis où Marville les avait pris, et demandé à l'historien de Paris, Patrice de Moncan, grand spécialiste de la transformation de Paris sous Haussmann, de les commenter une à une.
Paris Rive Gauche: avant-après Haussmann
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En 1860, le Baron Haussmann créait la "Commission Historique de Paris". C'est elle qui chargea Charles Marville de photographier, entre 1862 et 1868, les rues appelées à disparaître sous le Second Empire. Napoléon III accueillit cette initiative avec enthousiasme. "Ceci permettra de suivre à travers les siècles les transformations de la ville qui, grâce à votre infatigable activité, est aujourd'hui la plus splendide et la plus salubre des capitales de l'Europe", écrira-t-il à son préfet. Nous avons photographié chacune des rues et des monuments de la Rive Gauche de Paris, de l'endroit précis où Marville les avait pris, et demandé à l'historien de Paris, Patrice de Moncan, grand spécialiste de la transformation de Paris sous Haussmann, de les commenter une à une.
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August 2012
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History until 1900, France
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White Review #21
White Review #21
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"The White Review 21" is the first issue after a redesign, and with a new editorial team led by editors Zeljka Marosevic and Francesca Wade. The issue features our poetry editor Kayo Chingonyi's interview with acclaimed poet Claudia Rankine, exploring race in America, literary form, and the relationship between poetry and national emergency. We are also pleased to present(...)
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"The White Review 21" is the first issue after a redesign, and with a new editorial team led by editors Zeljka Marosevic and Francesca Wade. The issue features our poetry editor Kayo Chingonyi's interview with acclaimed poet Claudia Rankine, exploring race in America, literary form, and the relationship between poetry and national emergency. We are also pleased to present(...)
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White Review #21
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"The White Review 21" is the first issue after a redesign, and with a new editorial team led by editors Zeljka Marosevic and Francesca Wade. The issue features our poetry editor Kayo Chingonyi's interview with acclaimed poet Claudia Rankine, exploring race in America, literary form, and the relationship between poetry and national emergency. We are also pleased to present an interview with pioneering performance artist Joan Jonas, in advance of her major retrospective at the Tate Modern in 2018. The issue features an essay by Hatty Nestor on Chelsea Manning and the ethical implications of visual representations of prisoners, Alev Scott's reportage from the Balkans exploring the legacy of the Ottoman Empire, and a piece by Megan Hunter about writing and pregnancy.
White Review #21
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"The White Review 21" is the first issue after a redesign, and with a new editorial team led by editors Zeljka Marosevic and Francesca Wade. The issue features our poetry editor Kayo Chingonyi's interview with acclaimed poet Claudia Rankine, exploring race in America, literary form, and the relationship between poetry and national emergency. We are also pleased to present an interview with pioneering performance artist Joan Jonas, in advance of her major retrospective at the Tate Modern in 2018. The issue features an essay by Hatty Nestor on Chelsea Manning and the ethical implications of visual representations of prisoners, Alev Scott's reportage from the Balkans exploring the legacy of the Ottoman Empire, and a piece by Megan Hunter about writing and pregnancy.
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June 2018
June 2018
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A photographer on the Hajj
A photographer on the Hajj
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The diaries of Muhammed Ali Effendi Sa'udi, a civil servant and accomplished photographer, offer a rare glimpse of the Hajj through Egyptian eyes at the beginning of the twentieth century when the Ottoman Empire was on the wane and the advance of the Hijaz railway threatened to upset vested interests in the old pattern of pilgrimage. Sa'udi twice accompanied the Amir(...)
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The diaries of Muhammed Ali Effendi Sa'udi, a civil servant and accomplished photographer, offer a rare glimpse of the Hajj through Egyptian eyes at the beginning of the twentieth century when the Ottoman Empire was on the wane and the advance of the Hijaz railway threatened to upset vested interests in the old pattern of pilgrimage. Sa'udi twice accompanied the Amir(...)
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A photographer on the Hajj
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The diaries of Muhammed Ali Effendi Sa'udi, a civil servant and accomplished photographer, offer a rare glimpse of the Hajj through Egyptian eyes at the beginning of the twentieth century when the Ottoman Empire was on the wane and the advance of the Hijaz railway threatened to upset vested interests in the old pattern of pilgrimage. Sa'udi twice accompanied the Amir al-Hajj, Ibrahim Rif'at Pasha, attached to the official Egyptian caravan. His story of these journeys combines the thoughts of a devout Muslim with fine detail on the hardships and health hazards facing pilgrims, the high-level intrigues, and the ever-present dangers of taking photographs. The authors have compressed the diaries into a readable narrative with selected quotations, illustrated with Sa'udi's photographs.
A photographer on the Hajj
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The diaries of Muhammed Ali Effendi Sa'udi, a civil servant and accomplished photographer, offer a rare glimpse of the Hajj through Egyptian eyes at the beginning of the twentieth century when the Ottoman Empire was on the wane and the advance of the Hijaz railway threatened to upset vested interests in the old pattern of pilgrimage. Sa'udi twice accompanied the Amir al-Hajj, Ibrahim Rif'at Pasha, attached to the official Egyptian caravan. His story of these journeys combines the thoughts of a devout Muslim with fine detail on the hardships and health hazards facing pilgrims, the high-level intrigues, and the ever-present dangers of taking photographs. The authors have compressed the diaries into a readable narrative with selected quotations, illustrated with Sa'udi's photographs.
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January 2010
January 2010
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Photography Collections
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Izmir architectural guide
Izmir architectural guide
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Founded as Smyrna on the shores of the Aegean Sea, the city has been home to all manner of cultures over the centuries. Each one left behind its architectural traces, turning the city into a palimpsest of millennia of urban life. A cosmopolitan, multiethnic port city known as the ‘pearl of the Aegean‘ in the Ottoman Empire, Izmir is now one of Turkey’s largest(...)
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Founded as Smyrna on the shores of the Aegean Sea, the city has been home to all manner of cultures over the centuries. Each one left behind its architectural traces, turning the city into a palimpsest of millennia of urban life. A cosmopolitan, multiethnic port city known as the ‘pearl of the Aegean‘ in the Ottoman Empire, Izmir is now one of Turkey’s largest(...)
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Izmir architectural guide
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Founded as Smyrna on the shores of the Aegean Sea, the city has been home to all manner of cultures over the centuries. Each one left behind its architectural traces, turning the city into a palimpsest of millennia of urban life. A cosmopolitan, multiethnic port city known as the ‘pearl of the Aegean‘ in the Ottoman Empire, Izmir is now one of Turkey’s largest metropolises. This book explores the diverse architectural heritage of the city. Through a selection of 265 buildings, among them the works of architects like Gustave Eiffel and Bruno Taut, it narrates the evolution of Izmir’s built environment from ancient times to the present. To help visitors understand the city‘s urban structure, it also explains the region’s characteristic architectural forms.
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Founded as Smyrna on the shores of the Aegean Sea, the city has been home to all manner of cultures over the centuries. Each one left behind its architectural traces, turning the city into a palimpsest of millennia of urban life. A cosmopolitan, multiethnic port city known as the ‘pearl of the Aegean‘ in the Ottoman Empire, Izmir is now one of Turkey’s largest metropolises. This book explores the diverse architectural heritage of the city. Through a selection of 265 buildings, among them the works of architects like Gustave Eiffel and Bruno Taut, it narrates the evolution of Izmir’s built environment from ancient times to the present. To help visitors understand the city‘s urban structure, it also explains the region’s characteristic architectural forms.
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January 2023
January 2023
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nce the capital of the Aztec Empire, Mexico City has continuously evolved over the centuries to become one of the largest megalopolises in the world. The exuberant metropolis of the present day can be seen as a patchwork of Aztec, Hispanic, and contemporary Western cultures. This guide not only covers large-scale projects such as the campus of the National Autonomous(...)
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nce the capital of the Aztec Empire, Mexico City has continuously evolved over the centuries to become one of the largest megalopolises in the world. The exuberant metropolis of the present day can be seen as a patchwork of Aztec, Hispanic, and contemporary Western cultures. This guide not only covers large-scale projects such as the campus of the National Autonomous(...)
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Mexico City architectural guide, 2nd edition
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nce the capital of the Aztec Empire, Mexico City has continuously evolved over the centuries to become one of the largest megalopolises in the world. The exuberant metropolis of the present day can be seen as a patchwork of Aztec, Hispanic, and contemporary Western cultures. This guide not only covers large-scale projects such as the campus of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, the site of vibrant, mural-covered buildings by some of the nation’s leading architects from the 1950s. It also highlights lesser-known gems such as striking modernist chapels and cutting-edge commercial buildings. This expanded edition explores the work of internationally renowned architect Luis Barragán in detail and features an introduction to contemporary architecture in Mexico.
Mexico City architectural guide, 2nd edition
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nce the capital of the Aztec Empire, Mexico City has continuously evolved over the centuries to become one of the largest megalopolises in the world. The exuberant metropolis of the present day can be seen as a patchwork of Aztec, Hispanic, and contemporary Western cultures. This guide not only covers large-scale projects such as the campus of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, the site of vibrant, mural-covered buildings by some of the nation’s leading architects from the 1950s. It also highlights lesser-known gems such as striking modernist chapels and cutting-edge commercial buildings. This expanded edition explores the work of internationally renowned architect Luis Barragán in detail and features an introduction to contemporary architecture in Mexico.
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January 2021
January 2021
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