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5042224Modern Architecture in Mexico Cityhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/modern-architecture-in-mexico-city-9780822981626/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2696847/5acc9a29-94e7-464a-acc5-eb653d660155.jpg?v=6385631244819000009231026MXNUniversity of Pittsburgh PressInStock/Ebooks/<p>Mexico City became one of the centers of architectural modernism in the Americas in the first half of the twentieth century. Invigorated by insights drawn from the first published histories of Mexican colonial architecture, which suggested that Mexico possessed a distinctive architecture and culture, beginning in the 1920s a new generation of architects created profoundly visual modern buildings intended to convey Mexicos unique cultural character. By midcentury these architects and their students had rewritten the countrys architectural history and transformed the capital into a metropolis where new buildings that evoked pre-conquest, colonial, and International Style architecture coexisted.</p><p>Through an exploration of schools, a university campus, a government ministry, a workers park, and houses for Diego Rivera and Luis Barragan, Kathryn ORourke offers a new interpretation of modern architecture in the Mexican capital, showing close links between design, evolving understandings of national architectural history, folk art, and social reform. This book demonstrates why creating a distinctively Mexican architecture captivated architects whose work was formally dissimilar, and how that concern became central to the profession.</p>...3860570Modern Architecture in Mexico City9231026https://www.gandhi.com.mx/modern-architecture-in-mexico-city-9780822981626/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2696847/5acc9a29-94e7-464a-acc5-eb653d660155.jpg?v=638563124481900000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20179780822981626_W3siaWQiOiI3YmZhZTFmZi1jYmIwLTQ2NmYtYWU4Zi02NzA3MWI1ZWUwYjgiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjk2OCwiZGlzY291bnQiOjk3LCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjg3MSwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjUtMDctMDFUMDA6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9780822981626_<p>Mexico City became one of the centers of architectural modernism in the Americas in the first half of the twentieth century. Invigorated by insights drawn from the first published histories of Mexican colonial architecture, which suggested that Mexico possessed a distinctive architecture and culture, beginning in the 1920s a new generation of architects created profoundly visual modern buildings intended to convey Mexicos unique cultural character. By midcentury these architects and their students had rewritten the countrys architectural history and transformed the capital into a metropolis where new buildings that evoked pre-conquest, colonial, and International Style architecture coexisted. Through an exploration of schools, a university campus, a government ministry, a workers park, and houses for Diego Rivera and Luis Barragan, Kathryn ORourke offers a new interpretation of modern architecture in the Mexican capital, showing close links between design, evolving understandings of national architectural history, folk art, and social reform. This book demonstrates why creating a distinctively Mexican architecture captivated architects whose work was formally dissimilar, and how that concern became central to the profession.</p>...(*_*)9780822981626_<p>Mexico City became one of the centers of architectural modernism in the Americas in the first half of the twentieth century. Invigorated by insights drawn from the first published histories of Mexican colonial architecture, which suggested that Mexico possessed a distinctive architecture and culture, beginning in the 1920s a new generation of architects created profoundly visual modern buildings intended to convey Mexicos unique cultural character. By midcentury these architects and their students had rewritten the countrys architectural history and transformed the capital into a metropolis where new buildings that evoked pre-conquest, colonial, and International Style architecture coexisted.</p><p>Through an exploration of schools, a university campus, a government ministry, a workers park, and houses for Diego Rivera and Luis Barragan, Kathryn ORourke offers a new interpretation of modern architecture in the Mexican capital, showing close links between design, evolving understandings of national architectural history, folk art, and social reform. This book demonstrates why creating a distinctively Mexican architecture captivated architects whose work was formally dissimilar, and how that concern became central to the profession.</p>...9780822981626_University of Pittsburgh Presslibro_electonico_9780822981626_9780822981626Kathryn E.InglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/ingram30-epub-ad586741-1fe1-4cfb-b7d6-9d1896a1d6c5.epub2017-02-10T00:00:00+00:00University of Pittsburgh Press