Radical Functionalism: A Social Architecture for Mexico

Author:   Luis E. Carranza
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9781032003542


Pages:   210
Publication Date:   28 December 2021
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Luis E. Carranza
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.521kg
ISBN:  

9781032003542


ISBN 10:   1032003545
Pages:   210
Publication Date:   28 December 2021
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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"Introduction: Polemical Functionalism: Functional Art or Artistic Building; 1. Building Revolution: Mexican Architecture in the First Part of the Twentieth Century; 2. Functionalism and Social Progress; 3: Alter(n)ative Functionalism; 4: Radical Functionalism; 5: Between Art and Technology; 6: Place, History, and (Local) Culture; 7: Representation and Reception; 8: The City in the Functionalist Imagination; Epilogue: Organic Functionalism; Translations: ""Artistic"" Art and Useful Art; Presentation for the Sociedad de Arquitectos Mexicanos, 1933"

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Luis E. Carranza is Professor of Architecture at Roger Williams University and Adjunct Associate Professor at the GSAPP at Columbia University. He obtained his BArch from 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).

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