Adrià, Miquel.

México 90's : una arquitectura contemporánea = a contemporary architecture / Miquel Adrià.

México ; Barcelona : G. Gilli, ©1996.

152 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color), plans ; 30 cm

"In Mexico, as in other places and often in other times, the identification of a way of working, a style, a "correct" attitude with a tradition, as a stimulus to nationalist identification, has tended to channel creativity in the direction of the stereotype and the devalued imitation of the model being imitated, frustrating the expression of a rich and complex country fully capable of assimilating the current globalization of this end of the millennium." "The selection featured in this book, which like all those of this kind is somewhat subjective and arbitrary, sets out to attend exclusively to the quality of the architecture, irrespective of whatever movements or schools the individual architects may, openly or covertly, belong to. Accordingly, the selection features works by figures of established national and international prestige alongside young and relatively unknown architects. In stylistic and formal terms, too, both this book and the realities of Mexican architecture are marked by currents as diverse as the volumetric expressionism of Teodoro Gonzalez de Leon and the abstractions from vernacular elements of Ricardo Legorreta, in contrast to the work of Enrique Norten, close to the latest international movements." "Typologically, this book ranges from conversions within historic urban centres, by way of private houses, to new buildings of various types"--Jacket

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Architecture Mexico History 20th century.
Architecture, Postmodern Mexico.
Architecture Mexique Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture postmoderne Mexique.
Architecture
Architecture, Postmodern
Bouwkunst.
Architecture Mexico 20th century.
Architecture, Modern Mexico. 20th century.
Arquitectura moderna Siglo XX México.
Arquitectura posmoderna México.
Arquitectura México.
Mexico
Arquitectura mexicana 1990-
Arquitectura contemporánea mexicana 1900-

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Localisation: Bibliothèque main 108812
Cote: ID NA755.A3; ID:96-B1376
Statut: Disponible