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From Aztec To High Tech Explores The Architectural Future Of Interdependent Neighbors Who Share A History, An Economy, And A Landscape. After Reviewing Three Key Periods In Mexico's Three Thousand-year-old Architectural Past - Indigenous, Spanish Colonial, And Modern - Urban Planning Scholar Lawrence A. Herzog Focuses On The Border Territories Of Northern Mexico And The Southwestern United States, Particularly In California. Through Eighty Black-and-white Photographs And Interviews With Architects From Both Sides Of The Border, This Engaging Book Provides A Compelling Picture Of How Traditional Mexican Architecture Has Intersected With The Postindustrial, High-tech Urban Style Of The United States - A Mix That Offers An Alternative To The Homogenization Of Architecture North Of The International Border. 1. Introduction: Landscapes Of The Transcultural City -- 2. Aztec: The Mexican Urban Landscape -- 3. The Journey North: A History Of Mexican Architecture On The California Border -- 4. El Otro Lado: In Search Of Mexican Landscapes In The Southwestern United States -- 5. High Tech? The Cultural Landscapes Of North American Economic Integration -- 6. Culture And Place: The Border Arch

Author

Lawrence A. Herzog

Publisher

THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS

Published

1999

Language

EN

ISBN

9780801860096

Subjects

Architecture, Art, Arts