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Al Borde: Less Is All
Natural, upcycled and economical materials in buildings by Ecuadorian firm Al Borde "Less Is All" is the motto of Ecuadorian architecture firm Al Borde-founded in 2007 by Pascual Gangotena, David Barragán, Marialuisa Borja and Estevan Benavides. Naming Al Borde one of the top 100 architecture firms in the world in 2019, the editors of Domus wrote: "Convinced that the strength of an architectural project lies in the later autonomy of its users, Al Borde's design and decision-making process rely on the involvement of the community in all phases of planning and construction, and the systematic exploration of the local context." The materials they use and the projects they adopt reflect the state of a globalized Ecuador. For example, for their House of the Flying Beds Al Borde refurbished an 18th-century family house by restoring the rammed earth walls, installing tire rubber and recycled glass on the roof and suspending beds above the open-plan, ground-floor living area with eucalyptus trusses, thus maintaining the form of the house but turning the interior into something indubitably modern.
Guillermo Hevia García: Every Design Conceals an Order
Guillermo Hevia García stands out among the latest generation of Chilean architects for his sensitive focus on his projects' public impact, expressed in the ways his buildings obey their own internal logic and respect their local cultural, social and spatial contexts. Every Design Conceals an Order compiles 13 of the architect's designs: built works, projects currently underway and competition entries. Each building is accompanied by a section on the architecture's imaginary context, the visual references Hevia García mobilized in his working process. The publication also shows Hevia García's approaches to architectural representation, as he deploys techniques ranging from planimetrics, axonometric projections and models, renders and illustrations. This is an important part of Hevia García's work, allowing him to give form to his ideas as he explores his intentions and the complexities of the project in order to develop entirely buildable projects.
Radical
Fifty architectural projects built in Latin America between 2010 and 2015 by architects under 50 years of age. The publication brings together works from 13 different countries.
25 Works, 25 Voices
Outstanding examples of Latin American architecture from the last 25 years Arquine, a Mexico City-based digital and print platform, has kept abreast of global architecture for the last quarter century. This volume gathers 25 extraordinary works constructed in Latin America over the last 25 years, highlighting points in the development of the discipline that have withstood the test of time. The 25 architects featured--including Alejandro Echeverri, Alejandro Guerrero G., Andrea Soto Morfín, Camilo Restrepo Ochoa, Carlos Jiménez, Cristóbal Molina Baeza, Elisa Silva, Ernesto Betancourt, Francisco Díaz, Francisco Pardo, Giancarlo Mazzanti, Guillermo Hevia García and Hernán Díaz Alonso--have been invited to choose and write about a project. The projects selected hail from numerous countries and represent an array of architectural styles and philosophies. This compendium expands the discourse surrounding 20th- and 21st-century architecture, analyzing the political and social implications of practicing architecture in Latin America.
Guía de arquitectura, Ciudad de México
Mexico City Architecture Guide is a compilation of more than 150 works of architecture dating from the early 20th century up to the present day. To help orient readers, 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 relevant architects, location and year of construction, as well as public transport information. The texts, photographs and maps created for this guide give fresh shape to the city. Now available in an English-language edition for the first time, Mexico City Architecture Guide is an invaluable guide for international visitors as well as locals, displaying a strong commitment to Mexico's capital and celebrating the city's architectural culture.
Omar Gandhi: Adaptation
A ten-year survey of Omar Gandhi Architect--one of Canada's most influential young firms Celebrating the Canadian architecture firm Omar Gandhi Architect, this publication chronicles the firm's history through texts, interviews and reproductions of its most important projects. Selected works emphasize Gandhi's commitment to traditional Canadian construction methods, the use of regional materials and local workmanship.
Sustainability and Privilege
Social design—the practice of designing for poverty relief—is one of the most popular fields in contemporary architecture. Its advocates, focusing on the architect’s creativity and good intentions, are overwhelmingly laudatory, while its detractors, concerned with the experience of its beneficiaries, have dismissed it as an expression of cultural imperialism. Placed midway between innocuous celebration and radical critique, Sustainability and Privilege highlights the lessons that can be learned from social design’s current limitations and proposes a feasible way to improve this practice. In this broad-ranging account, enlivened by fieldwork and case studies, Gabriel Arboleda contends...
25 obras, 25 voces
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Rafael Pardo: New Brutalism
The concrete, geometrically sculptural houses of Mexican architect Rafael Pardo The buildings of Mexican architect Rafael Pardo are almost sculptural--concrete prisms intersecting to form domestic spaces. This monograph presents eight projects built in Xalapa, Veracruz, including photographs, original sketches and an interview by Miguel Adrià.
