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Ceen, Allan

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J H Aronson

Mexican architect Luis Barrag‡n is one of this century's most?creative designers. Self-taught, he achieved international renown for his?remarkable personal artistic vision. Using vegetation, water, primary?geometric forms, and vivid colors, Barrag‡n created a poetic and?painterly yet elegantly simple architectural style that transformed the?Mexican building tradition into an abstract architectural language. There?has been extraordinarily little published on Barrag‡n, and this new?monograph is the only comprehensive compilation of his work-102 buildings?and 12 additional projects-many of which have never been published before.?Its intelligent analyses and sup erb illustrations demonstrate the?complexity and scope of this great designer, as both an architect and a?landscaper.?
?It presents not only Barrag‡n's well-known later work, but also shows the?development of his oeuvre: from early projects, which incorporated?vernacular Mexican forms with Islamic elements, through a period clearly?influenced by the International Style and Le Corbusier, to a culmination?in the clean, colorful modernism for which Barrag‡n is best known.?
?This new monograph collects over 400 illustrations: Barrag‡n's drawings,?color and black-and-white photographs of his work, meticulously re-drawn?plans, elevations, and sections created especially for the book, and new?scale models of important projects. In addition, the monograph contains?many texts-a preface by Alvaro Siza, essays by Mexican architectural?critics Antonio Toca and J.M. Buendia, previously unpublished text by?Barrag‡n himself, and an unabridged transcription of his Pritzker Prize?acceptance speech. An invaluable volume, Barrag‡n: The Complete?Works also includes a detailed bibliography and comparative?international chronology. This book is the essential compendium of the?work of a master architect.

Barragan: The Complete Work

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Published at the end of the academic year, Projects Review portrays the spirit and priorities of the Architectural Association in London -- the preoccupations of the teaching units, the debates around ideas, the investigations of new techniques. Each unit, from foundation level to the graduate school, makes its own selection of the best student work produced during the year, contributing to a unique record of the activities of one of the world's most vital schools of architecture.Projects Review is read by students and architects alike as an indicator of the latest trends, experimental projects, and theoretical concerns.

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Architectural Association

Anatole De Baudot 1834-1915 (Rassegna, 68)

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