The Making of Mexican Modernist Architecture

This book presents the making of Mexican Modernist architecture through five power structures - academic, social status, economic/political, gender, and postcolonial - and by interviews and analysis of 13 key Mexican architects. These include Luis Barrag- Jos-illagr-Garc- Juan O-Gorman, Pedro Ram-z V-uez, Agust-Hern-ez, Abraham Zabludovsky, Carlos Mijares, Ricardo Legorreta, Juan Jos-- Infante, Enrique Norten, Alberto Kalach, Javier Sordo Madaleno and Clara de Buen.

Although the five power structures framed what was built, the testimony of these Mexican architects helps us to recognize and discover subtleties and nuances. Their views thereby shed light on what contributed to making Mexican Modernist architecture so distinctive globally. Even if these architects were not always aware of the power structures, their projects nonetheless supported discrimination, marginalization and subjugation. In that sense the book also reveals the extent to which these power structures are sti