La forma construida : diez ensayos sobre edificios canónicos en Lima / Martín Fabbri García y Octavio Montestruque Bisso.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fabbri García, Martín, 1967- author.

Montestruque Bisso, Octavio, 1984- author.

Contributor:

Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, publisher.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Architecture--Peru--Lima--History--20th century.

Architecture.

Architecture, Modern--20th century--Designs and plans.

Lima (Peru)--Buildings, structures, etc.

Lima (Peru).

Physical Description:

289 pages : illustrations, plans ; 24 cm.

Edition:

Primera edición.

Place of Publication:

Lima, Perú : Editorial UPC, 2023.

Language Note:

In Spanish.

Summary:

This book studies ten buildings in the city of Lima that are representative of the architecture of the second half of the 20th century in Peru. Through critical analysis and detailed reading, one can understand the development of the architectural form and composition. To this end, the book has 200 drawings including planimetry, isometries, diagrams and study diagrams, as well as critical texts on the buildings studied and the modern architecture of Peru and Latin America. The cases analyzed are: the building La Fénix Peruana (1945-1948, Enrique Seoane), the building Guzmán Blanco (1952, Manuel Villarán), the Department of Architecture of the Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, UNI (1951-1953, Mario Bianco), the building of Seguros Atlas (1953-1955, José Álvarez Calderón y Walter Weberhofer), the Chávez house (1958, Miguel Rodrigo), the central building of the Banco Central de Reserva del Perú, BCRP (1966-1975, Manuel Llanos y Luis Tapia), the building Ajax-Hispania (1980-1983, Emilio Soyer), the housing proj.

Contents:

Introducción

Capítulo 1. La invención de un continente y el descubrimi9ento de su arquitectura

Capítulo 2. Deconstruyendo la modernidad peruana y la arquitectura de la segunda mitad del siglo XX

Capítulo 3. Diez ensayos sobre edificios canónicos en Lima

Capítulo 4. Epílogo.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-289).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

9786123184810

6123184814

OCLC:

1432098920