Miquel Adrià - Böcker

A leading Mexican architect’s photographic panorama of the past century’s greatest buildings This beautifully designed volume offers an architect’s portrait of modern and contemporary architecture. Through the lens of Alfonso Lopéz Baz (born 1947), cofounder of the leading Mexican firm Grupo LBC Arquitectos, great buildings by some of the past century’s finest architects are depicted with engaging and exquisite compositional drama. Lopéz Baz’s photographs are accompanied by phrases and thoughts from prominent architects that reflect on architecture and life.Featured architects include: Tadao Ando, Luis Barragán, Marcel Breuer, David Chipperfield, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Frederick P. Dinkelberg, Charles Eames, Antón García-Abril, Frank Gehry, Giles Gilbert Scott, Teodoro González de León, Herzog & De Meuron, Alberto Kalach, Kisho Kurokawa, Javier García Lascuráin, Daniel Libeskind, Frank Lloyd Wright, Richard Meier, Oscar Niemeyer, Enrique Norten, Jean Nouvel, Juan O’Gorman, Renzo Piano, Eero Saarinen, SANAA, Álvaro Siza, Kenzo Tange, TEN Arquitectos, José Villagrán García and Rafael Viñoly.

The year's innovations in Mexican architecture, from both emerging and celebrated firmsThis is the latest in a series of biannual publications examining the most innovative examples of contemporary architecture from across Mexico, from both established and emerging architecture studios. It provides a general overview of Mexico's architectural scene, documenting changes in trends in recent years.Architects include: a911, Ambrosi Etchegaray, bgp arquitectura. Bernardo Gomez-Pimienta, CCA Centro de Colaboracion Arquitectonica, Colectivo C733, Dellekamp/Schleich, Estudio MMX, Fernanda Canales, Francisco Pardo Arquitecto, graciastudio, Hector Barroso, Jorge Hernandez de la Garza, JSa, Juan Carral, Julio Amezcua, LBR&A - Benjamin Romano, Legorreta, Lucio Muniain, Ludwig Godefroy, Macias Peredo, Manuel Cervantes, PRODUCTORA, Rojkind Arquitectos, Rozana Montiel Estudio de Arquitectura, S-AR, Serrano & Monjaraz, Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos, Taller Mauricio Rocha, Taller Capital, Tatiana Bilbao ESTUDIO, TAX Taller de Arquitectura X, TO, +UdeB and AGENdA.

An accessible reader offering case studies of innovative alternatives to expansionist urban housingThis reader takes the following assumption as its basis: the ceaseless expansion of the urban periphery has been detrimental to not only urban populations but also the planet at large, corroding its most valuable and scarce resource, land. Housing proffers redensification as the corrective measure to the failing expansionist approach toward urban planning. Gathered here are case studies of alternative social housing projects from the past century—all of which incorporate methods of redensification. They span the Weißenhofsiedlung Estate (1927) to architectural experiments in suburban Mexico as recent as 2017.These alternative developments have offered solutions to countries experiencing intense population growth and provided sanctuary for those who have lost their homes in natural disasters. Altogether, the projects evince that the problem of urban housing is inextricably bound with the inception and progression of modernism.

Mixing and matching discrete elements, Mexican firm Apaloosa takes an alchemical approach to residential architectureThis book documents the first 10 years of the architecture studio Apaloosa based in Chiapas, Mexico. Like an alchemist, Apaloosa experiments with materials and their semiotics, mixing and inserting walls, lattices, columns and structures to create a house that balances local customs with a global spirit and contemporary finish.

The go-to reference for Mexico's newest, best and most successful architectural projects and the firms behind themThis latest volume in the biannual publication series highlights the most innovative and impressive architecture projects across Mexico for the years 2023 and 2024. It provides a general overview of Mexico's architectural scene, documenting changes in trends in recent years.

ARS' dialectic between architecture and landscape instills a sense of ritual into their residential and public spacesThis book is the first survey of Atelier ARS, an emerging architectural firm led by Alejandro Guerrero and Andrea Soto, based in Guadalajara, Mexico. It offers insight into its distinctive architectural approach, which blends artisanal craftsmanship with industrial techniques.

Landmarks of contemporary urban development in Mexico City, where re-densification meets architectural qualityThis book gathers a selection of 25 collective housing projects built in Mexico City in the 21st century. Neither monuments nor cookie-cutter molds, these examples actively participate in the urban fabric by reintroducing the human and communal element into the city.

Surveying the cutting edge of Mexican architecture from the past two yearsThis book is the latest in a series of biannual publications that examine the most innovative examples of contemporary architecture from across Mexico, from both established and emerging architecture studios. It provides a general overview of Mexico's architectural scene, documenting changes in trends in recent years.