Latin American Architecture / Arquitectura Latino Americana from Alla

NEW ~ The Indigenous past as incorporated during construction in elements of three churches in the State of Mexico: San Antonio la Isla, San Lucas Tepemaxalco, and Asuncion, in Amecameca. Of interest to scholars of history, anthropology, and architecture. 129pp. Illus. Maps. En espanol / Spanish. Brand new in original plastic wrap. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

Celebrated Franciscan monastery with sixteenth-century origins in Spanish Quito, Ecuador, greatly expanded in the eighteenth century, and restored thereafter. 365pp. Color and B&W photographs throughout, foldout architectural plans, and four plans in pocket on back cover. Edition of 3000 / 3000 ejemplares. Imported from Ecuador for shop inventory. Interior and hard cover in excellent condition. Shelf wear to dust jacket… Read more about this item

NEW ~ Handsome hardcover art book generously illustrated with photographs, drawings (especially helpful architectural details), and plans of eighteenth-century architecture in Durango, Mexico. Archival research. Hard to find: only 11 libraries list this book in their holdings according to WorldCat. 270pp. Thorough notes. Bibliography. En espanol. Slight wear to dust jacket. In stock. Usually ships in three days. Size and… Read more about this item

The Franciscan Padre Francisco Tembleque was responsible for the design and construction of numerous significant sixteenth-century structures in central Mexico including the aqueduct to the pueblo of Otumba, Hidalgo. Includes a final section by Angel Ma. Garibay K. on the mysterious Spanish letters and Indigenous symbols embedded in the arches of that aqueduct.188pp. Illustrations. En espanol / Spanish. Technically this… Read more about this item

NEW ~ Attractive publication on quality paper with color photographs of numerous Guanajuato, Mexico, churches and their artwork dating to the Spanish colonial mining era. En espanol. Spanish. 189pp. Illustrations. Glossary. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

NEW ~ History and architecture of Mexico's famed pulque haciendas in the state of Hidalgo. 257pp. Maps. Illustrations. Bibliography. Includes a "Glosario Pulquero" for aficionados. En espanol. Edition of 1000 / 1000 ejemplares. Hard to find! In stock. Usually ships in three days.

Art historical study of the sixteenth-century church and convent at Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico. Instituto de Investigaciones Esteticas, Cuadernos de historia del art, n. 18. 144pp. 12 Illustrations and 20 Fotos. Bibliography. En espanol / Spanish. Interior pages unmarked. Un-read, but cover is worn, bent. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

NEW ~ Trilingue: textos en espanol, frances, ingles. El arte del hierro fundido en mexico / The Art of Cast Iron in Mexico: arte publico, escultura, Francia y Mexico artes decorativas, moldes, restaurar el hierro fundido, y otras temas. Con ejemplos de edificios, fuentes, quioscos, y mas. Alebrije el suplemento de Artes de Mexico, 2005: "Gamboa y su proyecto de… Read more about this item

Classic study by Manuel Toussaint of "Arte Mudejar," Moorish influenced art and architecture in the Americas, from Mexico to Cuba, U.S., Central America, Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia, Peru, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Paraguay and more. Vocabulario de terminos mudejares. Apendice de documentos. 143pp. text. 130 black & white photographs. First and only edition, 1946. The boards and interior pages are in… Read more about this item

NEW ~ Anthology of nine scholarly essays by experts on the context, iconography, construction and restoration of sculpture in colonial churches of the Oaxacan Mixteca, primarily Coixtlahuaca and Yanhuitlan. Three additional "chapters" on the accompanying CD. "...la presente obra esta constituida por tres partes: una relativa al contexto historico e iconografico de las esculturas, otra dedicada a las tecnicas de… Read more about this item

NEW ~ Profusely illustrated collection of essays celebrating 100 years of architecture and urbanism in Mexicali, Baja California. Situated in the rich agricultural Mexicali Valley and on the U.S. border, the city was founded in 1903. The book documents historic establishments including restaurants and breweries. Maps, photographs, bibliographies. 182 pp. En espanol / Spanish. Slight wear to dust jacket. In… Read more about this item

NEW ~ Multi-family housing compounds in Mexico City, with anthropological, sociological, and esthetic reflections on this style of urban architecture. "La contribuccio basica del texto es el analisis y comprension del caracter poliedrico de la vivienda como un modo de acercarse a los ambitos socio-espaciales y tecnologicos pertinentes al diseno urbano-arquitectonico." UAM, Division de Ciencias y Artes para el Diseno… Read more about this item

NEW~ "Reconstruir y recuperar la memoria-o para la memoria de los Bogotanos-, la dimension y el alcance de la gestion de Virgilio Barco por esta ciudad no es simplemente realizar un homenaje, sino tal vez, y lo mas importante, reconocer en su gestion aquellos elementos que fueron definitivos en la historia del proceso de construccion de Bogota." B&w photographs.Ilustraciones. Bibliografia.… Read more about this item

NEW ~ Secciones: el pueblo huave de San Mateo del Mar, Oaxaca; el pueblo nahua-totonaca de Cuetzalan; los origenes de La Petatera de Villa de Alvarez en Colima; la casa maya de Yucatan. Four types of indigenous vernacular architecture relying on natural materials from four Mexican states: Oaxaca, Puebla, Colima, and Yucatan. Editado por la Coordinacion Editorial de la Facultad… Read more about this item

NEW ~ Very Good : Shelf worn; creased front cover. Binding and pages fine. 507 pp. Illus. Maps, photographs, site plans, drawings. No ISBN. SPANISH / ESPANOL 1.25 lbs.

NEW ~ Very Good- : Shelf wear, cover warping at the spine, spine creased. Price in pencil front endpaper. 760 pp. Illus. Color and B&W photographs, drawings. No ISBN. SPANISH / ESPANOL Overview of Peruvian archaeology by a top national scholar. Nearly 2 lbs.

NEW ~ Near Fine. Some cover rubbing. 195 pp. Illus. 500 ejemplares / edition of 500. SPANISH / ESPANOL Archeological investigations of the Xauxa Wantas, including the early site at Juan Pata, Jauja. Lithics, sculpture, and ceramics. 9 oz

NEW ~ Fine. 391 pp. Illus. Photographs, drawings, foldouts. Spanish translation of Inca Architecture and Construction at Ollantaytambo. First Spanish edition. 700 ejemplares / edition of 700.

NEW ~ Very Good+ : Cover rubbed and yellowing, otherwise fine. 1st reimpression of 1986 first edition. 206 pp. Illus. Coleccion Cientifica 152. SPANISH / ESPANOL. 1000 ejemplares / 1000 printed. 14 oz.

NEW ~ Architectural overview of sites from Mesoamerica to the Anazasi and Pueblo in today's U.S. Southwest. 497 pp. Illus. Photographs, maps, plans, drawings. Text 193 pp; Illustrations 300 pp. En espanol. 3.5 lbs. weight may result in an increase in shipping costs.