|aCruelty & utopia : |bcities and landscapes of Latin America / |c[edited by Jean-François Lejeune].
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|aCities and landscapes of Latin America
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|a1st ed.
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|aNew York, NY : |bPrinceton Architectural Press, |c[2005]
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|a263 p. : |bill. (some col.) ; |c29 cm.
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|aOriginally published in connection with an exhibition at the CIVA in Brussels, May 22-Oct. 5, 2003.
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|aIncludes bibliographical references.
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|gForeword /|rHervé Hasquin --|tFrom the city of the Caesars to the demystified city /|rChristophe Pourtois --|tReflections on Spain and the new world /|rCarlos Fuentes --|tThe laws of the Indies / Ordinances for the discovery, the population, and the racification of the Indies (excerpts),|rPhilip II, King of Spain, 1573 --|tDreams of order: utopia, cruelty, and modernity /|rJean-Franðcois Lejeune --|tQuito: city and landscape between utopia and realtiy /|rEduardo Baéz --|tCity and landscape in the construction of Brazil /|rCarlos Martins --|tThe virgin of the Andes /|rCarol Damian --|tWriting and cities /|rEduardo Subirats --|tLe Corbusier: Latin American traces /|rFernando Pérez Oyarzún --|tSpaces of hybridization: the house of the architect /|rFelipe Hernandez --|tMarvel, monster, myth: the modern city in Latin American literature /|rRebecca E. Biron --|tThe pearl of the Antilles: Havana's tropical shadows and utopias /|rRoberto Segre --|tA metropolis in the Pampas: Buenos Aires 1890-1940 /|rAdrián Gorelik --|tWhen Brazil was modern: from Rio de Janeiro to Brasilia /|rLauro Cavalcanti --|tReport from Brazil /|rCarlos E. Comás --|tRoberto Burle Marx: the city as landscape /|rJacques Leenhardt --|tLina Bo Bardi: toward an architecture without borders /|rOlívia de Oliveira --|tModernity and nationalism: Juan O'Gorman and post-revolutionary architecture in Mexico, 1920-1960 /|rEdward R. Burian --|tSettings for history and oblivion in modern Mexico, 1942-1958: the city as imagined by Juan O'Gorman, Luis Barragán, Mathias Goeritz, and Mario Pani /|rKeith L. Eggener --|tToward the visibility of the invisible: notes on Caracas, modernity, and the University City of Caracas by Carlos Raúl Villanueva /|rEnrique Larrañaga --|tEnsalada Tijuana? Welcome to the gritty landscape of globalization /|rRoberto A. González.
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|aThis landmark collection of illustrated essays explores the vastly underappreciated history of America's other cities -- the great metropolises found south of our borders in Central and South America. Buenos Aires, S o 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 Barrag n, Juan O'Gorman, L cio Costa, Roberto Burle Marx, Carlos Ra l 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 Oayrz n, 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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|aArchitecture|zLatin America.
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|aCity planning|zLatin America.
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|aLejeune, Jean-François.
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|aCentre international pour la ville, l'architecture et le paysage.
Jean-Francois Lejeune was the curator of the exhibition 'Cruelty and Utopia.' He is an architect and urban designer, architectural historian, and associate professor at the University of Miami School of Architecture.