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Over 150 cultural, recreational, historical and contemporary destinations in an accessible, light guidebook to Mexico’s capital cityThis is a complete guidebook through the heart, or many hearts, of Mexico City. Organized by seven routes, each of which is identified by a different color, the book highlights the most culturally relevant spots in the city. All of the routes cross the capital from north to south—taking the Basilica of Guadalupe and the Xochimilco docks as their start and end points—collectively moving through 165 sites that range from major cultural institutions and landmarks to off-the-beaten-path buildings and public spaces. Covering a wide chronological spectrum, from pre-Hispanic sites to 21st-century interventions, the book offers a comprehensive understanding of the city’s urban and architectural evolution. It includes a series of maps to help the reader navigate the city, as well as useful information for each listed site, such as QR codes to the attractions' websites, transport options and visiting hours, where applicable.

Delve into the award-winning Catalan architecture studio’s unique combination of material craft and avant-garde dynamismArgentinian architect Ricardo Flores (born 1965) and Spanish architect Eva Prats (born 1965) began their artistic partnership with the foundation of their studio in Barcelona in 1998. Since its conception, Flores & Prats has operated according to a design ethos that fuses craft with academia, approaching research and scholarship as a living practice that must result in the responsibility to make and to build. The studio has taken on a variety of projects with diverse functions in social housing, public spaces and university workshops. This volume compiles photography and analysis of Flores & Prats’ best-known projects, such as the Museum of the Mills, Campus Microsoft Italia, and the New Theater Sala Beckett. Also included are examinations of the studio’s experiments with portability, their use of film as a vehicle for architectural documentation and their recent menus of edible architecture created for special exhibitions in Barcelona and Copenhagen. Readers are guided through every stage of a single project’s evolution from early sketches to detailed models to final construction. In addition to reproductions of such process material, Thought by Hand includes writing by a variety of artists influenced by Flores & Prats, including the Sala Beckett theater’s director Toni Casares and renowned urban planner Manuel de Solà-Morales.

An essential guide to Mexico City, surveying more than 180 architectural works from the early 20th century to the presentThis new edition of Arquine's essential guide to Mexico City compiles more than 180 works of architecture dating from the early 20th century up to the present day, adding 30 recently constructed buildings to the previous edition. The book also includes new photos to reflect the changes in appearance of various buildings, thereby providing a more tangible and up-to-date portrait of Mexico City.To help orient readers across the city's vast terrain, the guide is divided into five areas, and includes seven maps to create a comprehensive panorama of the Mexican megalopolis. Each project includes details about the architects, the location and year of construction, as well as relevant public transport information. Mexico City Architecture Guide will prove invaluable for both international visitors and residents alike, offering a thorough account of the city and its rich architectural culture.

Sleek and sophisticated contemporary dwellings from one of Mexico’s most notable architecture firmsThis book commemorates the first 25 years of the studio GLR Arquitectos, an architecture firm based in Monterrey, Mexico, with a selection of 25 projects: from residential architecture to urban recycling, including large-scale, mixed-use projects and institutional buildings.

Sketches, essays, projects and more from the Houston-based architect and professorCosta Rican American architect Carlos Jiménez (born 1959) pursues scholarship through design—integrating drawing and writing with the making of buildings and architectural spaces. In 1983, he established Houston–based Carlos Jiménez Studio, an innovative design practice that focuses on the endurance and refinement of form and space. Jiménez was a long-term (2001–11) jury member of the Pritzker Architecture Prize. This book is a 35-year journey through Jiménez’s career, exploring the discipline of architecture through practice and teaching, but also through writings, drawings and buildings. A curated collection of his essays, written from 1989 to the present day, reflect on outstanding cities, architects and buildings around the world: from New York to Houston, from Erik Gunnar Asplund to Luis Barragán, and from the Kimbell Art Museum to the Crowley House, among others.

With a poetic yet sustainable design approach, Tagliabue and her studio reshape the role of public buildings in urban settingsThis monograph brings together a selection of works by Benedetta Tagliabue – EMBT, an internationally acknowledged architecture studio founded in Barcelona in 1994 by Enric Miralles (1955–2000) and Benedetta Tagliabue (born 1963) that has shaped the face of European architecture. With projects such as the Santa Caterina market and neighborhood in Barcelona, the Parliament in Scotland, the transformation of the old port of Hamburg in Hafencity and the new church and parish complex San Giacomo in Ferrara, this book presents the EMBT studio's methodology and architectural approach. Through a collection of visual materials, texts and narratives, this book weaves notable projects to showcase the design philosophy and thought process of Benedetta and Enric's studio through an approach to understanding space, connecting people, narratives and locations through an integrated architectural and contemporary lens.

In praise of what could have been: 15 unbuilt projects from the Mies van der Rohe Award–winning firmFounded in 1986 in Mexico City by Enrique Norten, TEN Arquitectos subsequently opened offices in New York and Miami and built its reputation as one of North America's leading firms. TEN Arquitectos is known for its broad range of projects, including cultural institutions, residential buildings and mixed-use developments, and has won recognitions such as the Mies van der Rohe Award and the AIA International Design Award.Ideas in Transit compiles 15 unbuilt projects from TEN Arquitectos, selected by Enrique Norten in collaboration with Pedro Gadanho, curator of the accompanying exhibition held at the Museo Franz Mayer in Mexico City. Including hand-drawn diagrams and sketches as well as an extended flap with a timeline of the unbuilt works, the book pays homage to the firm's creative potency when liberated from concessions made to clients, financial constraints, time pressures or worksite complications.

Mexico's indigenous floating farms meet Venice's floating city in this study of traditional practice and environmental adaptationThe Mexican Pavilion for the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale enlarges upon the chinampa, a traditional Mesoamerican farming practice that creates small areas of fertile land on top of lake beds, and the often disregarded society that has emerged out of this way of life.

Founded on sustainability, Natura Futura creates spaces that respect and enhance the environment and promote localized, communal livingBased in Ecuador, Natura Futura is noted for its focus on sustainability and harmonious integration with the natural environment. This volume presents 12 projects that showcase the studio's approach, which includes private, communal and "floating" habitats.

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.

From Duchamp's readymade to a tamale street vendor—Montiel's artist's book investigates the regenerative potential of everyday objects In her practice, Mexican architectural designer Rozana Montiel (born 1972) takes social, environmental and infrastructural action by creatively repurposing "things" already on hand. She operates on the premise that cities collect objects, subjects and situations that together articulate stories of everyday life. This artist's book explores ideas on how to work with the scale of the object as well as its resonance with the scale of the city to build artifacts, or "ART IF ACTS," out of recycled materials, discarded playstuff, low-cost elements and readymades.Art (if) Act begins with an interview and a glossary of terms relevant to Montiel's project—such as "Resignify," "Serious-fun" and "Upcycle"—establishing a working lexicon through which she generates new perspectives. The book then transitions into an exploratory survey of repurposed objects from the past to the present, from the rarified sphere of avant-garde art to the terrain of commerce on the streets of Mexico City.

To survey the work of Mexican architect Javier Senosiain (born 1948) requires a journey through a particular trajectory in the history of architecture, from Frank Lloyd Wright and Bruno Zevi to Alvar Aalto, Eero Saarinen and Jørn Utzon. These pioneers of organic modernism faced the 20th century’s mechanistic, functionalistic and rationalistic proposals with a vision that sought to revive an organic relationship between humans and their environments.Senosiain’s concept of “Organic Architecture” follows in this tradition. Throughout his career, Senosiain’s work has explored the relations between user, site and architecture in spaces that echo natural forms and conditions. “The concept of an organic habitat,” he writes, “is the creation of spaces adapted to man that are also similar to a mother’s bosom or an animal’s lair.” This volume surveys Senosiain’s work since the 1970s and his concept of “Organic Architecture.”

The first in a new series celebrating the historical and cultural ties between Mexico and Switzerland through architectureIn 2017, as part of the MEXTRÓPOLI Festival, Pritzker Prize–winning architect Peter Zumthor (born 1943) was invited to Mexico City to participate in a series of public discussions about architecture and the city. Zumthor in Mexico, the first publication in Arquine’s new Swiss Architects in Mexico series, collects the architect’s Mexico City conversations in a handsome volume, featuring edited transcriptions of Zumthor’s talks with journalist Nicolás Alvarado, artist Pedro Reyes and architects Tatiana Bilbao, Gloria Cabral and Rozana Montiel, among others. In these lively interviews, Zumthor explains his personal approach to architecture as it applies to a wide range of subjects, such as: where design ideas come from, how ideas move from conceptualization to materialization, the importance of the landscape and the natural environment to design and his sense of the responsibility of the architect in the present.

Recent works by Francisco Serrano, an icon of modern architecture in MexicoMexico City–based architect Francisco Serrano has been highly regarded throughout his 50-year career, preserving Mexico City’s modern architectural tradition through a number of important projects, including a terminal in Benito Juárez International Airport. This volume collects a variety of projects from the last decade.

An exquisite silk-screen monograph on Sandra Calvo’s ephemeral sculpture deconstructing concepts of stability in architectureThis publication documents Mexico City–based artist Sandra Calvo’s (born 1977) participatory project which culminates in a model of a house, constructed by a community in Colombia using black and red thread—echoed in the book’s threaded exposed binding.

Mexico City's first modernist building: A house by Swiss architects Hans Schmidt and Paul ArtariaThis volume chronicles the iconic double house in Mexico City constructed in 1930 by Swiss architects Hans Schmidt (1938-1972) and Paul Artaria (1892-1959). Built in the booming Colonia Del Valle neighborhood, the house was one of the first modernist buildings in Mexico City.

A leading Chilean landscape architect elucidates her guiding compositional principles and offers personal reflections on her craftChilean landscape architect Teresa Moller (born 1959) looks back at her most significant projects of the last decade, in this very personal volume containing her reflections on her craft and nature. Reflections in the Landscape is organized around two concepts. The first is dedicated to the fundamental components of her landscape architecture: earth, water, trees, fruits and stone; the second, comprised of sections such as Trails, Signs, Essence and Silence, describes her essential compositional principles. In collaboration with architecture writer and curator Jimena Martignoni, Moller offers her thoughts behind the creation of some of her renowned projects, such as Punte Pite in Chile, a dramatic staircase and footpath that descends to Chile’s rocky coast, or Catch the Landscape, a series of travertine blocks that serve as benches along the Venetian waterfront. Also included are projects in China, Italy, Morocco, Germany and more.

Designs, drawings and data spanning 25 years of space- and energy-efficient residential housing projects across Mexico CityFounded by Yuri Zagorin in 2000, the work of Mexico City–based architecture firm ZDA focuses on projects of various scales, ranging from single-family homes and apartment towers all the way to object design. Each project is designed with maximum spatial and energy efficiency in mind, contributing to the city's overall renewal and development potential.

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.

Dedicated to emerging voices in contemporary architectural research, Proyector decentralizes Mexico City's cultural scene by fostering a dialogue of integrated disciplinesProyector is a curatorial platform based in Mexico City committed to fostering new strategies and providing critical, theoretical and historical tools for addressing spatial issues. Projections serves as a record of the first five years of research, which have manifested in exhibitions, publications, workshops, performances, talks and more.

Contemporary Mexican architecture: a selection of diverse architectural projects from 2017–2018Volume eight in this series presents a selection of buildings constructed in Mexico between 2017 and 2018. The projects are organized geographically, as well as by typology, style and material. Selected projects provide an overview of contemporary architecture in Mexico.

A Barcelona architectural firm transforms an abandoned social club into a theater and creative spaceIn 2014, Flores & Prats redesigned Barcelona’s Pau i Justícia building as a theater, creative space and drama school. This publication documents the process, highlighting the historic elements of the existing building that were preserved.

Photographers from across the globe chronicle Chile’s new architecture in wintertimeHere, 15 leading architectural photographers—including Aryeh Kornfeld, Bleda y Rosa, Cristóbal Palma, David Bestué, Erieta Attali, Felipe Fontecilla, Guy Wenborne, Ignacio Acosta, Leonardo Finotti, Louise Oates and Iwan Baan—capture some of Chile’s most important works of contemporary architecture during the winter months.The photographs dwell on details, textures, form and qualities of light and space, as well the dialogue between buildings and surrounding landscape.