Mexican Architecture
Mexico has cities, towns and villages that feature assorted architectural styles. Most of the architecture is an enchanting blend of colonial and indigenous cultures.
There are wonderful cathedrals, pyramids made during the pre-Hispanic times, historical buildings and modern structures.
Modern Mexican painters and sculptors continued to produce an extraordinary variety of works in many styles and techniques. Major figures included Jose Luis Cuevas, Jorge G. Camarena, Martinez de Hoyos, Frida Kahlo (Diego Rivera's wife).
There are wonderful cathedrals, pyramids made during the pre-Hispanic times, historical buildings and modern structures.
Modern Mexican painters and sculptors continued to produce an extraordinary variety of works in many styles and techniques. Major figures included Jose Luis Cuevas, Jorge G. Camarena, Martinez de Hoyos, Frida Kahlo (Diego Rivera's wife).
Architecture and Its Sculpture in Viceregal Mexico
The late Robert J. Mullen has written a reliable, readable, and well-illustrated book that covers, in six chronological chapters, a selection of the major monuments of Mexican colonial architecture during the period from 1521 to independence.
Architecture and Its Sculpture in Viceregal Mexico
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Mexico Architecture
Space and Place in the Mexican Landscape: The Evolution of a Colonial City (Studies in Architecture and Culture) by Fernando Nunez, Carlos Arvizu, Ramon Abonce
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New Architecture of Mexico by John Mutlow
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Mexico: Architecture - Interiors - Design by Dominic Bradbury, Mark Luscombe-whyte
Mexico is a country steeped in history with a rich more...0 points
Architecture and Its Sculpture in Viceregal Mexico by Robert J. Mullen
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The Hacienda in Mexico
The Mexican hacienda was a work place, a residence, a place of leisure and of religion-in short, a closed and self-sufficient rural world in which landowners and workers engaged in agricultural and livestock production. Constructed and modified from the sixteenth until the beginning of the twentieth centuries, they are today some of Mexico's architectural treasures. The hacienda's layout and buildings, though derived from earlier Spanish forms, constitute a uniquely Mexican vernacular architecture that deserves to be widely known and celebrated.
The Hacienda in Mexico is the first detailed architectural study of these rural communities. In this beautifully illustrated book, Daniel Nierman and Ernesto Vallejo present color and black-and-white photographs, site plans, building plans, and elevations to document all aspects of the hacienda-the compound, big house, chapel, spaces for production, materials and construction methods, and architectural details. In the accompanying text, they discuss each of these elements, as well as the hacienda's historical development and the ways in which its productive activities shaped its architecture.
To produce this work, the authors traveled extensively in the states of Hidalgo, Tlaxcala, and San Luis Potosi, photographing and drawing haciendas, interviewing their owners and state and federal authorities, and researching in hacienda archives. This in-depth treatment of the hacienda clearly identifies the architectural elements that make it unique, while adding a new chapter to architectural history and to the history of New Spain.
The Hacienda in Mexico is the first detailed architectural study of these rural communities. In this beautifully illustrated book, Daniel Nierman and Ernesto Vallejo present color and black-and-white photographs, site plans, building plans, and elevations to document all aspects of the hacienda-the compound, big house, chapel, spaces for production, materials and construction methods, and architectural details. In the accompanying text, they discuss each of these elements, as well as the hacienda's historical development and the ways in which its productive activities shaped its architecture.
To produce this work, the authors traveled extensively in the states of Hidalgo, Tlaxcala, and San Luis Potosi, photographing and drawing haciendas, interviewing their owners and state and federal authorities, and researching in hacienda archives. This in-depth treatment of the hacienda clearly identifies the architectural elements that make it unique, while adding a new chapter to architectural history and to the history of New Spain.
The Hacienda in Mexico (Roger Fullington Series in Architecture)
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Mexico: Architecture - Interiors - Design
Mexico is a country steeped in history with a rich cultural heritage, varied landscape, and vibrant fusion of styles evident in the architecture, interiors, and design to be found across the country. Photographer Mark Luscombe-Whyte and writer Dominic Bradbury have traveled Mexico from coast to coast seeking out exquisite examples of Mexican architecture and design. From simple rural adobe dwelling and ornately decorated churches to deluxe seaside retreats and high-tech modern structures, they explore the evolution of Mexican style from the traditional dwellings of ancient civilizations to cutting-edge projects from today's most influential designers.
A combination of seductive photographs and incisive text, Mexico is an essential sourcebook of ideas and inspiration for anyone with a passion for Mexican culture.
A combination of seductive photographs and incisive text, Mexico is an essential sourcebook of ideas and inspiration for anyone with a passion for Mexican culture.
Mexico: Architecture - Interiors - Design
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Mexican Architecture
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This book explores the modern architecture the modern architecture of Mexico, with an emphasis from the early 1980s to the present day. It is particularly appropriate now, given a renewed interest in the recent modern architecture of Mexico, and as the work of several Mexican architects is now being recognised, published and appreciated outside of Mexico. The focus is on architects and their work. A series of buildings have been selected to establish a dialogue and to identify and articulate the complex diversity of modern architecture that is Mexico today. The selection exemplifies quality of design, of spacial and tectonic exploration, and the different perspectives that coexist. Underlying ideas and ideological positions that place the architects in the modern architectural movement are explored and an introductory article by Miguel Adria places early modern architecture in Mexico in context.
New Architecture of Mexico
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What is your favorite Architecture of Mexico?
Stazjia wrote...
Very informative lens. Welcome to the Art and Design Group.
Posted November 10, 2008
Ashes77 wrote...
baroque, old baroque, beat up baroque and broke baroque. It's all amazing.
Posted August 26, 2008
Mexican Vacations
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Vacation in Mexico
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Mexico is a vacation paradise, filled with charming beaches, snow capped mountains, desert landscapes and lush rainforests. Mexico offers a variety of vacation travel, from the small, peaceful fishing villages to the flashy neon cities, teeming with...
