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Radical functionalism : a social architecture for Mexico
Title
Radical functionalism : a social architecture for Mexico / Luis E. Carranza.
ISBN
9781003173793
1003173799
9781000510775
1000510778
9781000510881
1000510883
9781032003542
9781032003573
Publication
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022.
Physical Description
1 online resource ( xviii, 210 pages) : illustrations.
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Notes
Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 14, 2022).
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Biographical / Historical Note
Luis E. Carranza is Professor of Architecture at Roger Williams University and Adjunct Associate Professor at the GSAPP at Columbia University. He obtained his B.Arch. at the University of Southern California and PhD in Architectural History and Theory from Harvard University. His research and publications are centered on how social movements and their theoretical ideals manifest themselves through modern art and architecture in Latin America and Mexico in particular. His publications include Architecture as Revolution: Episodes in the History of Modern Mexico (2010), Modern Architecture in Latin America: Art, Technology, Utopia (with Fernando Lara, 2015), and Experiments in (Radical) Functionalism (2020).
Other formats
Print version: Carranza, Luis E., 1968- Radical functionalism New York, NY : Routledge, 2022
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 13, 2022
Series
Routledge research in architecture
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction : Polemical Functionalism: Functional Art or Artistic Building
Building Revolution: Mexican Architecture in the First Part of the Twentieth Century
Functionalism and Social Progress
Alter(n)ative Functionalism
Radical Functionalism
Between Art and Technology
Place, History, and (Local) Culture
Representation and Reception
The City in the Functionalist Imagination
Epilogue: Organic Functionalism
Translations: Juan O'Gorman, "'Artistic' Art and Useful Art" (1934)
Juan O'Gorman, "Presentation for the Sociedad de Arquitectos Mexicanos" (1933)
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