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The architecture of Ricardo Legorreta
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ISBN: 3433021481 9783433021484 Year: 1990 Publisher: Berlin: Ernst & Sohn,

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The cool, assured International Style of Mexican architect Legoretta is warmed by his country's aesthetic vernacular--from the imposing scale of pre-Columbian structures to the elegance of colonial mansions to the insouciance of villages. Rugged texture, unusual angling, unexpected glints of color give his structures their evocative, emotional appeal. His range, from corporate headquarters to factories, hotels and residences, is portrayed in close to 200 well-chosen color photographs and an assortment of line drawings and black-and white photos. Separate chapters use Legoretta's own words to discuss the importance he gives to light, color, walls, courtyards, scale, water, humor and social conscience. He enlarges, for example, on the emphasis he gives to walls: as screens, ornaments, gateways, backgrounds for murals; to delineate spaces and separate functions, to insure privacy and provoke a sense of mystery. As outlined in this impressive book, Legoretta's fresh and painterly architecture is animated by his dictum: "discover what purpose is to be served and serve it with heart." Attoe teaches architecture at Louisiana State University; Brisker is a Los Angeles architect.


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Les architectes et leur atelier
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ISBN: 2020316811 9782020316811 Year: 1997 Publisher: Paris: Seuil,

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Tadao Ando (Kita, Osaka). - Baufrösche (Kassel, Allemagne). - Ricardo Bofill (San Just Desvern, Barcelone). - Mario Botta (Lugano). - Coop Himmelb(l)au (Vienne). - Alexandre Chemetoff (Gentilly). - David Chipperfield (Londres). - Terry Farrell (Londres). - Norman Foster (Londres). - Frank O. Gehry (Santa Monica). - Michael Graves (Princeton, USA). - Vittorio Gregotti (Milan). - Nicholas Grimshaw (Londres). - Gwathmey & Siegel (New York). - Zaha Hadid (Londres). - Agustin Hernández (Mexico). - Michael Hopkins (Londres). - Arata Isozaki (Tokyo). - Josef Paul Kleihues (Berlin). - Ricardo Legorreta (Mexico). - Yves Lion (Paris). - Mecanoo (Deft). - Richard Meier (New York). - Enric Miralles & Benedetta Tagliabue (Barcelone). - Morphosis (Santa Monica). - Jean Nouvel (Paris). - Dominique Perrault (Paris). - Renzo Piano (Vesima, Gênes). - Richard Rogers (Londres). - Harry Seidler (Sydney). - Site (New York). - Álvaro Siza (Porto). - Robert Stern (New York). - Óscar Tusquets (Barcelone). - Oswald Mathias Ungers (Cologne). - Venturi Scott-Brown & Associates (Manayunk, Philadelphie). - Jean-Michel Wilmotte (Paris). - Shoei Yoh (Tokyo)

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