Kalach + Alvarez
Gloucester, Massacusetts: Rockport Publishers, Inc., 1998.
First U.S. Edition. Paperback.
First Printing. From the series Contemporary World Architects. Architects in the series have been selected by a jury of their peers and are recognized for their superior design, innovation, creativity, sensitivity, and vision. This volume focuses on Kalach + Alvarez.
The designs of Mexico City architects Alberto Kalach & Daniel Alvarez reflect a tradition of Corbusian and Russian constructivist slabs with Italian and Spanish rationalist influences. They use concrete, glass, and steel as a palette and create extremely active three-dimensional compositions.
Projects detailed include:
- Palmira House
- House in Valle de Bravo
- Negro House
- Three Houses
- Holbein Building
- Fresas Building
- Adolf Building
- Rodin Building
- Tlaloc Housing
- Subway Station and Public Building
- Abandoned Public Building
- Monte Sinai Kindergarten
- Hardware Store
- Suburban Ensemble
- Alexander Von Humboldt German School
- Maguen David Jewish Community Center
ISBN: 1564963950
8-3/4 x 8-3/4", stiff pictorial printed wrappers with folding flaps, 143pp, fully illustrated with plans, sketches, drawings and color photographs, selected projects, list of works and credits, acknowledgments.
Light rubbing to wrappers, clean, bright, square, very good +.
Price: $50.00