Building the New World: Studies in the Modern Architecture of Latin America 1930-1960 - Couverture souple

Fraser, Valerie

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1859843077 ISBN 13 : 9781859843079

Editeur : Verso Books, 2001

Synopsis

The period between 1930 and 1960 in particular saw a dramatic upsurge in Latin American modern architecture as the various governments strove to make public their modernising intentions. After 1960, however, the year in which Brasilia was inaugurated, economic growth in the region slowed and the modernist project faltered. The English-speaking world, which had previously admired Latin American buildings, began to write them out of the history of twentieth-century architecture. Building the New World attempts to redress the balance. It surveys the most important examples of state-funded modernism in Latin America during a period of almost unimaginable optimism, when politicians and architects such as Pani, Costa, Reidy and Niemeyer sought ways, literally, to build their societies out of underdevelopment.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Valerie Fraser is a Reader in the Department of Art History and Theory at the University of Essex. Her books include Building the New World, The Architecture of Conquest, and, with Oriana Baddeley, Drawing the Line.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Verso Books
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1859843077
• ISBN 13: 9781859843079
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 304
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