Central de Arquitectura
Central de Arquitectura

Author: Central de Arquitectura (Firm)

Publisher: ARQUINE + RM

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 140

ISBN-13:

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Con un lenguaje equilibrado y, a la vez, llamativo, Central se ha convertido en un referente urbano, seduciendo a quienes buscan esa peculiar fusión de lujo, discreción y materiales novedosos, asociados a una fórmula empresarial que abarca desde el programa hasta el diseño y la venta. El libro, de factura tan sobria como contemporánea, reúne diez de sus proyectos: ocho edificios de departamentos (en la ciudad de México) y dos hoteles (en el Caribe), los cuales se insertan, con frescura y elegancia, tanto en el caos metropolitano como en las playas caribeñas, reflejando esa estética que Fernanda Canales denomina “el espacio optimista”. “Resumiendo en difícil equilibrio diseño y costos, seguridad y libertad, lemas ecológicos y materiales seductores, la obra de Central de Arquitectura funge como símbolo de una época”, donde la ausencia de un discurso específico se refugia en la ligereza de una imagen que busca brillar más allá de su consistencia.

Being the Mountain
Being the Mountain

Author: Productora

Publisher: Actar

Published: 2020-03-30

Total Pages: 96

ISBN-13: 9781948765510

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The result of research PRODUCTORA initiated as winners of the Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize for Emerging Practice at Illinois Institute of Technology, Being the Mountain examines the relationship between architecture and the ground it occupies, an interaction so obvious-a building must touch the ground-that it often remains underexplored. Richly illustrated contributions by Carlos Bedoya, Frank Escher, Wonne Ickx, Véronique Patteeuw, and Jesús Vassallo revisit significant moments in architectural history that cast new light on the techniques and legacies of modernism, especially in settings like Mexico and California, where architects such as Ricardo Legorreta and John Lautner incorporated dramatic natural topography in their agendas. Additional essays investigate the role of the ground in the thought of Kenneth Frampton in the 1980s and Luis Moreno Mansilla in the 1990s, as well as point to important parallels between premodern land practices, twentieth-century art, and today's architecture.

Arquitectos mexicanos III
Arquitectos mexicanos III

Author: Fernando de Haro Lebrija

Publisher: AM Editores

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13: 9789685336000

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Celebrating Mexico's bright residential architecture from old palaces and lordly haciendas to homes and state-of-the-art apartment buildings, this book details how architects have managed to integrate and balance proportion, functionality, and materials in a variety of spaces. Highlighted is the idea that if one loses the concept of human scale, warmth is lost, spaces become too confined, and lighting and nature are forgotten. Individuals learn that the selection of materials, the notion of dimensions, and the use of light that Mexicans have made part of their roots generate a cleaner and more luminous residential architecture.

Julio Larraz
Julio Larraz

Author: David Ebony

Publisher: Rizzoli Publications

Published: 2021-09-14

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 0847870685

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A retrospective on the life and art of this renowned Cuban-American artist, acclaimed for his refined and thought-provoking paintings with fantastical, Surrealist overtones. One of the most important contemporary painters to emerge from Latin America, Julio Larraz (b. 1944, Havana) creates powerful, dreamlike paintings that reflect the influence of painters from Velázquez to Sargent and Hopper, and Surrealist artists like Dalí and Magritte. A unique visionary, Larraz produces work that has been described by some as mind-bending and playful, using a refreshingly wide range of subjects from still life to Cuban cultural imagery, such as bullfights, men in white linen suits, and maritime scenes. He reveals imaginary worlds, with deeply satirical, ambiguous, and multilayered themes, in which he often alludes to political corruption, class structure, and human foibles. This is the largest and most comprehensive book to date, with 200 paintings, 50 works on paper, and 10 sculptures, ranging from the 1960s to the present, accompanied by an essay by David Ebony that situates Larraz’s work within the Latin American painting tradition.