Can the excitement and genius of Mexican architecture in the 20th century possibly be condensed into 300 pages? This indispensable reference work does it, in a brilliantly conceived guide weaving together the century's 100 top architects and their best-known projects. With over 800 thumbnail photographs, timelines and other graphics, alphabetically organized by architect, editors Fernanda Canales and Alejandro Hernandez Galvez offer more than a historical retrospective. The intention of these influential architect-academics is to create dynamic connections into a 21st century reading of the amazing characters and triumphs of Mexican modern architecture. Architects, libraries, historians and students will see individual projects and larger trends in a new light through this inventive work.

100 X 100: Arquitectos del Siglo XX En Mexico (Spanish Edition)

Fernanda Canales

Alejandro Hernández Gálvez

Arquine

<p>A beautifully designed and extensively illustrated monograph tells the story of one of North America's leading firms, TEN Architects, based in New York City and Mexico City. Founded in 1986 by principal Enrique Norten, TEN has grown to 70 members and left its mark on a wide variety of award-winning projects in architecture and planning. Among TEN's marquee projects are the Guggenheim Museum, Guadalajara; One York (residential building) and Hotel Americano, New York; Rutgers University Livingston Campus and Business School (New Jersey); Amparo Museum (Puebla). Award-winners include Mexico City's Hotel HABITA, the Xochimilco Master Plan and Aquarium, and Orange County Great Park, the first great urban park of the 21st century. A fitting book for an important firm.</p>

TEN Arquitectos | Enrique Norten: The Limits of Form (English and Spanish Edition)

Arts & Photography

TEN Architects

Enrique Norten

Architecture

Arquine / Conaculta

Attention, selection and adaptation are the processes Michel Rojkind proposes in this spirited manifesto as key elements of his approach, addressing the architectural solutions to current problems in an increasingly complex and dynamic context. In a word overstimulated. Alongside multifocal analysis from Alejandro Hernández Gálvez and conversations with Bjarke Ingels, Paul Nakazawa and Alejandro Aravena, Rojkind links concepts, experiences and opinions with intuition and sensitivity. His twisting, performative parametric forms take on new substance as Rojkind concludes that the best architects are not simply builders their attentive and focused reading of contemporary society is crucial to their craft. From this perspective, three recent works by Rojkind, faculty at the IACC (Barcelona) and SCI-Arc (Los Angeles), are presented and examined: a Liverpool department store; the Cineteca Nacional Siglo XXI, Mexico s film archive; and the Chedraui supermarket.

Overstimulation: Rojkind Arquitectos

Rojkind Arquitectos

Michel Rojkind

Ram Publications

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