Arquitectura latinoamericana 1930/1970

The Argentine architect who produced this “panorama,” as he calls it, restricted the view to only seven countries—Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Cuba, Venezuela, and Mexico— in order to concentrate upon the work of architects in whom the “new architecture of Latin America” is visible. The volume was prepared for the tenth Congress of the International Institute of Architects in Buenos Aires. It should be used together with the same author’s smaller but more extensive book New Directions in Latin American Architecture (1969). Eeaders wishing to know the buildings should consult the Argentine edition with 282 photographs and 70 plans. An opening chapter reviews the pre-Columbian, colonial, and pre-1930 conditions for the appearance of the “new architecture,” which is set forth in 24 pages for Brazil, 17 for Argentina, 7 for Uruguay, 6 for Chile, 6 for Cuba, 6 for Venezuela, and 16 for Mexico. The presentation of the buildings is clear and informative, with critical comments by the author, who is an architectural historian as well as a practicing architect well known in this country and in Europe.