Monterrey: Architectural Guide/Gu? de Arquitectura (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9783869226200)

Monterrey means mountain king, a name befitting its location surrounded by the Sierra Madre in north-eastern Mexico. It was founded in 1596 near the natural springs of Santa Lucia, a luscious oasis in an otherwise arid landscape. Its colonial beginnings are still visible in the architecture of the Barrio Antiguo district in the city centre. In the late 19th century, industrial development transformed the modest town into a flourishing, modern city. Its foundries and breweries reflect its industry, while its skyscrapers, universities, churches, and monuments designed by celebrated Mexican modernist architects like Mario Pani, Enrique de la Mora, Pedro Ram rez V zquez, and Luis Barrag n reflect its modernity. Today, Monterrey is an important cultural, educational, medical, and business metropolis with buildings by Ricardo Legorreta, Nicholas Grimshaw, and Tadao Ando. Its fast growing residential, corporate, and commercial developments feature designs by Norman Foster, Cesar Pelli, Zaha Hadid, and Alejandro Aravena. This book presents the role of architecture in the continuous transformation of this city.
Bilingual: English and Spanish

Author: Carsten Krohn, Celia Esther Arredondo Zambrano
ISBN-10: 386922620X
ISBN-13: 9783869226200
Publisher: Dom Publishers
Language: English
Published: 09/01/2018
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.60h x 5.40w x 0.60d