Download or read book Architecture in Puerto Rico written by Jose A. Fernandez and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Puerto Rico s Henry Klumb written by Cesar A. Cruz and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-03-27 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book follows Henry Klumb’s life in architecture from Cologne, Germany to Puerto Rico. Arriving on the island, Klumb was a one-time German immigrant, a moderately successful designer, and previously a senior draftsman with Frank Lloyd Wright. Over the next forty years Klumb would emerge as Puerto Rico’s most prolific, locally well-known, and celebrated modern architect. In addition to becoming a leading figure in Latin American modern architecture, Klumb also became one of Frank Lloyd Wright’s most accomplished protégés, and an architect with a highly attuned social and environmental consciousness. Cruz explores his life, works, and legacy through the lens of a sense of place, defined as the beliefs that people adopt, actions undertaken, and feelings developed towards specific locations and spaces. He argues that the architect’s sense of place was a defining quality of his life and work, most evident in the houses he designed and built in Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico’s Henry Klumb offers a historical narrative, culminating in a series of architectural analyses focusing on four key design strategies employed in Klumb’s work: vernacular architecture, the grid and the landscape, dense urban spaces, and open air rooms. This book is aimed at researchers, academics, and postgraduate students interested in Latin American architecture, modernism, and architectural history.
Download or read book The Architecture of San Juan de Puerto Rico written by Arleen Pabon-Charneco and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2016-11-18 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As San Juan nears the 500th anniversary of its founding, Arleen Pabón-Charneco explores the urban and architectural developments that have taken place over the last five centuries, transforming the site from a small Caribbean enclave to a sprawling modern capital. As the oldest European settlement in the United States and second oldest in the Western Hemisphere, San Juan is an example of the experimentation that took place in the American "borderland" from 1519 to 1898, when Spanish sovereignty ended. The author also investigates post-1898 examples to explore how architectural ideas were exported from the mainland United States. Pabón-Charneco covers the varied architectural periods and styles, aesthetic theories and conservation practices of the region and explains how the development of the architectural and urban artifacts reflect the political, cultural, social and religious aspects that metamorphosed a small military garrison into a urban center of international significance.
Download or read book Puerto Rican Houses in Sociohistorical Perspective written by Carol F. Jopling and published by Univ. of Tennessee Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first work to describe the architecture of an entire complex society, from the inventive self-built dwellings of the poor to the elegant mansions of the rich. Abundantly illustrated with utilitarian black and white photos and good line-drawings. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book Architecture in Puerto Rico written by Jose Antonio Fernandez and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Architecture in Puerto Rico written by José A. Fernández and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Puerto Rico 1900 written by Jorge Rigau and published by Rizzoli International Publications. This book was released on 1992 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Puerto Rico 1900 is a detailed examination of the products and the influences of that rich heritage. Each heavily illustrated chapter is devoted to one important aspect of this period, including the new facade treatments, the spatial sequences, and the thematic links between architecture and Latin American and Puerto Rican literature of the period.
Download or read book The American Presence in Puerto Rico written by Thomas S. Marvel and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Puerto Rico s Henry Klumb written by César Antonio Cruz and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book follows Henry Klumb's life in architecture from Cologne, Germany to Puerto Rico. Arriving on the island, Klumb was a one-time German immigrant, a moderately successful designer, and previously a senior draftsman with Frank Lloyd Wright. Over the next forty years Klumb would emerge as Puerto Rico's most prolific, locally well-known and celebrated modern architect. In addition to becoming a leading figure in Latin American modern architecture, Klumb also became one of Frank Lloyd Wright's most accomplished protégés, and an architect with a highly attuned social and environmental consciousness. Cruz explores his life, works, and legacy through the lens of a sense of place, defined as the beliefs that people adopt, actions undertaken and feelings developed towards specific locations and spaces. He argues that the architect's sense of place was a defining quality of his life and work, most evident in the houses he designed and built in Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico's Henry Klumb offers a historical narrative, culminating in a series of architectural analyses focusing on four key design strategies employed in Klumb's work: vernacular architecture, the grid and the landscape, dense urban spaces and open-air rooms. This book is aimed at researchers, academics and postgraduate students interested in Latin American architecture, modernism and architectural history"
Download or read book Caribbean Baroque written by Pamela Gosner and published by Passeggiata Press Passeggiata Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An architectural history of Puerto Rico, Cuba, and the Dominican Republic offering a unique synthesis of research from primary and secondary Spanish sources. Gosner outlines the progression of styles in the West Indies--military architecture, religious and urban structures, urban palaces, and the particular design adaptations in each of the countries that comprise the Spanish Antilles. The volume is generously illustrated with pen and ink drawings and floor plans. The publisher's address is PO Box 636, Pueblo, CO 81002. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book Antonin Nechodoma Architect 1877 1928 written by Thomas S. Marvel and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In-depth study examines buildings designed by Antonin Nechodoma in Puerto Rico and the influence of the Prairie School on his work. Includes chapters on Nechodoma's training in Chicago and residence in the Dominican Republic, as well as extended assessme
Download or read book Puerto Rican Architecture written by Valeria C. Velazquez Vazquez and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Puerto Rico, an archipelago that is part of the Great and Lesser Antilles, located where the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean meet, has been inhabited for millennia. It is currently considered as part of the United States of America although it continues to maintain its culture, language, and pride. The Archipelago was a Spanish colony until the late nineteenth century. This means that from 1492 until 1898 Puerto Rico was under Spanish rule, passing on their culture, ways of living, religion, politics, arts, history, and architecture for said inhabitants and the ones to come. Although after the Spanish American War of 1898 Puerto Rico became a Colony of the Unites States of America, the customs, culture, and architecture remained heavily influenced by Spanish and European culture. This is especially true in the city of Ponce, located in the south part of the main island. Ponce is recognized for its blend of architectural styles, such as Spanish Renaissance, Colonial Revival, Art Deco, Mid Century Modern, Contemporary Architecture, but most importantly Ponce Creole.Ponce has been, since its foundation in 1692, a major authority and influence for Puerto Rico and the Caribbean. This project aims to capture the eclecticism, identity, and character of the La Perla del Sur (Pearl of the South).
Download or read book Architecture of parish churches in Puerto Rico written by Thomas S. Marvel and published by La Editorial, UPR. This book was released on 1994 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Colonial Architecture written by José Soler and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Articles on architects and architecture in Puerto Rico written by and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Sustaining Element written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among the changes that occurred after the Usonian occupation of Puerto Rico (1898) there were several shifts implied in the new notions of progress and industrial modernity. As in many manifestations, these changes are reflected in the island's domestic architecture. This thesis intends to examine Puerto Rico's cultural phenomenon of industrialization as expressed in the evolution of the dwelling in the aftermath of the occupation of 1898. Within the context of the architectural theory of Critical Regionalism, the project will describe and analyze the role of the popular desire for progress in the evolution of home as a nucleus of human emotion in the context of national, social, and familial formation. The project is supported by a varied bibliography on history, sociology, literature, art, and architecture sources. The visual part of the project will be based on the observation, photographic and archival documentation of a series of representative individual buildings and housing complexes in Puerto Rico to illustrate findings, descriptions, and concepts. In addition, the examination of blueprints and planning documents will provide further evidence of the evolution of the dwelling in the island.
Download or read book Tropical Architecture as a Form of Resiliency for Puerto Rico written by Rafael G. Lloveras-Fuentes and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For this Project in Lieu of Thesis, I will present a redefined version of tropical architecture that responds to the current circumstances of Puerto Rico. I will design an apartment complex that will respond harmoniously to the climate of Puerto Rico. Following design techniques associated with tropical architecture, the project will provide the necessary comfort of living by mainly utilizing passive design tools. Due to the island's recent "encounters/confrontations" with natural disasters, resiliency must also play a key role in the design. In order to achieve this goal, I will be conducting research on various aspects of tropical architecture and Puerto Rico. Understanding what constitutes tropical architecture as a branch of the discipline is a must in order to have a base from where my design shall start. By conducting case study analysis from projects from various tropical countries, I will comprehend the characteristics of tropical architecture and see what aspects can work for my design. I will also undergo a brief dive into Puerto Rico's history to recognize the trends of architectural typologies that have been utilized and how they have inspired or affected the contemporary designs. I will take a specific interest in the architecture of the island's modernization during the 1950s as this is the time where many of the design standards being utilized today first started to appear. From this investigation, case study analysis will be conducted of modern and contemporary neighborhoods and projects from Puerto Rico to formally understand architectural techniques being utilized on the island. Another aspect to research is the recent natural disaster events that have devastated the island. From historic hurricanes like Irma and Maria in 2017, to the ruthless earthquakes that hit the South of the island to start 2020, Puerto Rico has been battling to survive. By understanding the various statistics from the recent events to see the damages caused by them, I can design a structure that can withstand future events while also being resilient to recover once the damages have impacted. As climate change continues to worsen, and as services on the island continue to increase in price (food, gas, electricity, water, etc.), the idea of this project is to broaden the minds of those affected by these issues and demonstrate that a different course of action must be taken to combat them. Puerto Ricans should accept the climate as part of our culture, as part of who we are as people. By providing a refreshing alternative to housing on the island, Puerto Ricans will be willing and eager to demand tropical architecture in the future.
