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Cruelty & utopia : cities and landscapes of Latin America

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This landmark collection of illustrated essays explores the vastly under-appreciated history of America's other cities — the great metropolises found south of our borders in Central and South America. Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo, Mexico City, Caracas, Havana, Santiago, Rio, Tijuana, and Quito are just some of the subjects of this diverse collection. How have desires to create modern societies shaped these cities, leading to both architectural masterworks (by the likes of Luis Barragan, Juan O'Gorman, Lucio Costa, Roberto Burle Marx, Carlos Raul Villanueva, and Lina Bo Bardi) and the most shocking favelas? How have they grappled with concepts of national identity, their colonial history, and the continued demands of a globalized economy? Lavishly illustrated, "Cruelty and Utopia" features the work of such leading scholars as Carlos Fuentes, Edward Burian, Lauro Cavalcanti, Fernando Oayrzun, Roberto Segre, and Eduardo Subirats, along with artwork ranging from colonial paintings to stills from Chantal Akerman's film "From the Other Side". Also included is a revised translation of Spanish King Philip II's influential planning treatise of 1573, the "Laws of the Indies," which did so much to define the form of the Latin American city.

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Cuban modernism: mid-century architecture, 1940-1970

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For several decades, 20th century architecture thrived in Cuba and a wealth of buildings was realized prior to the revolution 1959 and in its wake. The designs comprise luxurious nightclubs and stylish hotels, sports facilities, elegant private homes and apartment complexes. Drawing on the vernacular, their architects defined a way to be modern and Cuban at the same time – creating an architecture oscillating between tradition and avantgarde. Audacious concrete shells, curving ramps, elegant brises-soleils and a fluidity of interior and exterior spaces are characteristic of an airy, often colorful architecture well-suited to life in the tropics. New photographs and drawings were specially prepared for this publication. A biographical survey portraits the 40 most important Cuban architects of the era.

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Cruauté & utopie : villes et paysages d'Amérique latine

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Dès la conquête, les occupants ibériques, espagnols d'abord, portugais ensuite, ont développé une stratégie de création de villes dans les somptueux paysages latino-américains. Localisation, fondation, urbanisme, architecture et peuplement, rien ne fut laissé au hasard. Que ce soit dans les sites vierges ou sur les emplacements des anciennes cités précolombiennes, règlements, lois et théories étaient à l'œuvre sous la férule des dirigeants pour assurer le pouvoir de Dieu et du Roi pour le bien des colons et des indigènes. Les échanges et influences réciproques entre l' « ancien » et le « nouveau » monde vont jusqu'à nos jours transformer utopies et réalités dans un fantastique laboratoire grandeur nature. La plus récente expérience en fut la modernité, courant international qui permit aux latino-américains, par son application locale, de s'inventer une identité contemporaine. Sous la direction de Jean-François Lejeune, des spécialistes américains et européens explorent cinq siècles de vies et de villes.

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Modern architecture and the Mediterranean: vernacular dialogues and contested identities

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Bringing to light the debt twentieth-century modernist architects owe to the vernacular building traditions of the Mediterranean region, this book considers architectural practice and discourse from the 1920s to the 1980s. The essays here situate Mediterranean modernism in relation to concepts such as regionalism, nationalism, internationalism, critical regionalism, and postmodernism - an alternative history of the modern architecture and urbanism of a critical period in the twentieth century.