Total Latin American architecture : libretto of modern reflections and contemporary works / author: Ana de Brea ; editor: Ricardo Devesa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brea, Ana de, author.

Contributor:

Devesa, Ricardo, 1971- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture--Latin America--History--21st century.

Architecture.

Architecture--Latin America--21st century.

Architecture, Modern--21st century--Designs and plans.

Architecture, Modern.

History.

Latin America.

Genre:

Architectural drawings.

Physical Description:

431 pages : illustrations (some color), plans ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Actar Publishers, 2016.

Contents:

Introduction : Latin American architecture / Cesar Pelli

Foreword : Disparos de aproximación (Reckoning the target / Alfonso Corona Martínez

Preliminary part : Checking out unlimitedness / Ana de Brea ; Estética de la estática (The aesthetic of physical laws) / conversation with Mario Roberto Alvarez ; The relation with art / conversation with Clorindo Testa ; Geometry and the clear plan / conversation with Justo Solsona

The single family house : X house / Arquitectura X, Ecuador

PS house / JPRCR Architects, Colombia

MQ house / Roberto Amette, Argentina

FyF house / P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S, Argentina

Tapiales house / Zas Lavarello Architects, Argentina

Rolim de Camargo house / MMBB Architects, Brazil

DM house / Dellatorre-Oubiña-Shanahan, Argentina

CD house / Dellatorre-Shanahan-Valverde, Argentina

Bacopari house / Una Arquitetos, Brazil

Boaçava house / Una Arquitetos, Brazil

Binimelis house / Polidura-Talhouk Architects, Chile

Fuica house / Polidura-Talhouk Architects, Chile

Entre Muros house / Al Borde, Ecuador

Pentimento house / José María Sáez + David Barragán, Ecuador

San Juan house / Juán María Sáez + David Barragán, Ecuador

House M / Fernando Fritz, Eric Fritz Architects, Argentina

N. Rossetti house / Gonzalo Sánchez Hermelo Architects, Argentina

Fisherman's house / José Cubilla & Associates, Paraguay

Searches on a bigger scale : Jujuy redux, apartment building / P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S + Maxi Spina Architect, Argentina

Clay apartment building / Dieguez Fridman Architects & Associates, Argentina

Rodas bikes showroom / Gerardo Caballero, Maite Fernández Architects, Argentina ; Sheds and signboards / Juan Manuel Rois, Argentina

Brown building / Gerardo Caballero, Maite Fernández Architects, Argentina

Office building / Vila Sebastian ARchitects VSA, Argentina

Justice Palace / Vila Sebastian Architects VSA, Argentina; Christian Boza D. & José Luis Macchi R., Chile

Two parks / Vila Sebastian Architects, VSA, Argentina; Irene Joselevich, Graciela Novoa, Alfredo Garay, Néstor Magariños, Argentina

Michelet 550 apartment building / Dellekamp Architects, Mexico

To operate and to act / Giancarlo Mazzanti : Bosque La Esperanza, Colombia ; Gerardo Molina School, Colombia ; El Porvenir, Social Kindergarten, Colombia ; Timayui Kindergarten, Colombia ; Invemar building, Colombia ; Puerta de Oro, convention center / Giancarlo Mazzanti + Daniel Bonilla, Colombia

Coliseum for the South American Games / Giancarlo Mazzanti + Felipe Mesa, Colombia

Poetical structures observed : De la Cruz house / Rafael Iglesia, Argentina

Marabajo, four houses / Nicolás Compodónico, Uruguay

A pilgrimage to Atlantida / Craig W. Hartman, USA

R. Antoñiz house / Marcelo Villafañe, Argentina

Tension and release / Diego Petrate, Argentina

Synopsis on bricks / Néstor Bottino, USA

Parameters / Daniel Bonilla, Colombia

Topics under consideration : Does a contemporary Latin American architecture exist? / Ana Fernández, Spain & Holland

Constructing interpretations / Alejandro Stöberl, Argentina

A detailed logbook by a perplexed architect / Claudio Ferrari, Argentina

Intimate public spaces: places to be oneself in the crowd / Julio Arroyo, Argentina

Autenticidad o muerte (Authenticity or death) / Mauro Bianucci, Spain & USA

Subjective rationalisms / Sergio Forster, Bolivia

Estar fuera de la moda (To go out of fashion) / Wes Janz, USA

Praça des crianças / Santiago Ciurgeda, Brazil & Spain

A perception of territory / Martha Kohen, Uruguay & USA

Objects of design and its connection to the architecture space / Ricardo Blanco, Argentina

Utopias / Horacio Torcello, Argentina

Opera Publica and micro territorial extimacy in Latin America / Claudio Vekstein, USA & Argentina

A humanist vision / Noemi Blager, England

A look over laboratories : Creative credo / GrupoSP, Brazil

Transforming a city / Camilo Restrepo + Miguel Mesa + Luis Callejas, Colombia

Orchideorama (exhibition facilities) / plan:b + JPRCR Architects, Colombia

San Cristobal Library / Camilo Restrepo + Tres Arquitectura + Masif/Camilo Ramirez, Colombia

(Other) five points in architecture / Ana Rascovsky, Argentina

String installation (collaborative conversation) / 26.26.26.25 + Ana de Brea, USA & Argentina

T-Fabs (experimental academic studios) : Tiuna El Fuerte Cultural Park: model of sustainable micro-urbanism & multipurpose open room ; Replicant surfaces / Alejandro Haiek Coll (Lab. Pro. Fab), Venezuela

A physical and social change / Blinder Janches Architects, Argentina

Gabriela Mistral Cultural Center / Cristián Fernández Eyzaguirre + Lateral Architecture, Chile

The flexible grid (Casas de la Esperanza) / Simon Bussiere + Quilian Riano, Nicaragua & USA

To be modern is not long contemporary (Architecture as urban performance) / Carols Campos, Argentina

Art and Culture Maya Museum of American in Guatemala / Harry Gugger Studio Ltd + over, under, Switzerland & USA

Las Americas: Virtual Design Studio / Antonieta Angulo (Ongoing, international studio exchange) ; USA & South American universities

Terrain / landscape / topography : In another world / Rafael Iglesia, Argentina ; House in the countryside / Nicolas Campodónico, Argentina

Ayutun Hue House / Roberto Busnelli + Roberto Amette, Argentina

Porciuncula de la Milagrosa Chapel / Daniel Bonilla, Colombia

Casa O / 01ARQ, Chile

Casa W / 01ARQ, Chile

Hostel Salto de Penitente / g+ Marcelo Gualano, Martín Gualano Architects, Uruguay

Altos de San Antonio Club House / Dutari, Viale Architecture, Argentina

House in Rio de Janeiro / Angelo Bucci, SPBR Architects, Brazil

House in Rocha / Claudio Ferrari, Uruguay

The Desert Workshop / Barclay & Crousse, Peru & France

Covering folk factors : Culiacan Botanical Garden / Tatiana Bilbao, Mexico

National parks: two projects : Culinary argument / Daniel Miranda, Argentina

Boedo Public Square / Castillo-Kogan Architects + Leonardo Cabral, Argentina

"El Mangaleta" houses to rent / Marco Rampulla, Argentina

The volumetric reasoning (Reviewing physical features) : Ayres Store / Dieguez Fridman Architects & Associates, Argentina

126 house / Fernando Fritz, Eric Fritz, Argentina

Soma & space: a skin dilemma / Andrea Saltzman, Argentina

Lisboa 7 apartment building / AT103, Mexico

Ave Fenix fire station / AT103, Mexico ; Alejandro Hernández, Mexico

Nestlé Chocolate Museum / Michel Rojkind, Mexico ; The Red Alebrije, Miquel Adrià, Spain.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781940291475

194029147X

OCLC:

895303707

Publisher Number:

99980926142