Shaping Terrain
City Building in Latin America
Seiten
2016
University Press of Florida (Verlag)
978-0-8130-6267-9 (ISBN)
University Press of Florida (Verlag)
978-0-8130-6267-9 (ISBN)
Shows how the physical landscape and local ecology have influenced human settlement and built form in Latin America since pre-Columbian times. Most urban centres and capitals of Latin American countries are situated on or near dramatically varied terrain, and this book explores the interplay between built works and their geographies in various cities.
Shaping Terrain shows how the physical landscape and local ecology have influenced human settlement and built form in Latin America since pre-Columbian times. Most urban centers and capitals of Latin American countries are situated on or near dramatically varied terrain, and this book explores the interplay between built works and their geographies in various cities including Bogotá, Caracas, Mendoza, Mexico D. F., Rio de Janeiro, Santiago de Chile, and Valparaíso.
The multi-national contributors to Shaping Terrain have a broad range of professional experience as urbanists, historians, and architects, and many are globally renowned for their design work. They examine how humans negotiate with the existing environment and how the built form expresses that relationship.
The result is a wide-ranging representation of the unique legacy of Latin America’s urban heritage, which is a repository of possibilities for future cities.
Shaping Terrain shows how the physical landscape and local ecology have influenced human settlement and built form in Latin America since pre-Columbian times. Most urban centers and capitals of Latin American countries are situated on or near dramatically varied terrain, and this book explores the interplay between built works and their geographies in various cities including Bogotá, Caracas, Mendoza, Mexico D. F., Rio de Janeiro, Santiago de Chile, and Valparaíso.
The multi-national contributors to Shaping Terrain have a broad range of professional experience as urbanists, historians, and architects, and many are globally renowned for their design work. They examine how humans negotiate with the existing environment and how the built form expresses that relationship.
The result is a wide-ranging representation of the unique legacy of Latin America’s urban heritage, which is a repository of possibilities for future cities.
René C. Davids, professor of architecture and urban design at the University of California, Berkeley, USA, and a principal of Davids Killory Architecture, is the coauthor of the AsBuilt series: Details, Technology, and Form, Detail in Process, and Details in Contemporary Architecture.
Erscheinungsdatum | 06.08.2016 |
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Zusatzinfo | 117 black & white illustrations |
Verlagsort | Florida |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Gewicht | 519 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
Technik ► Architektur | |
ISBN-10 | 0-8130-6267-5 / 0813062675 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-8130-6267-9 / 9780813062679 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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