Management Papers
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of this Version
6-2004
Publication Source
Latin American Research Review
Volume
39
Issue
2
Start Page
6
Last Page
34
DOI
10.1353/lar.2004.0032
Abstract
: Why did machine-age modernist architecture diffuse to Latin America so quickly after its rise in Continental Europe during the 1910s and 1920s? Why was it a more successful movement in relatively backward Brazil and Mexico than in more affluent and industrialized Argentina? After reviewing the historical development of architectural modernism in these three countries, several explanations are tested against the comparative evidence. Standards of living, industrialization, sociopolitical upheaval, and the absence of working-class consumerism are found to be limited as explanations. As in Europe, Modernism diffused to Latin America thanks to state patronage and the professionalization of architects following an engineering model.
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Keywords
Architecture, Modernist art, Architectural education, Architectural design, Architectural control, Architectural engineering, Architectural styles, Research review studies, Architectural history, Government buildings
Recommended Citation
Guillen, M. F. (2004). Modernism Without Modernity: The Rise of Modernist Architecture in Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina, 1890-1940. Latin American Research Review, 39 (2), 6-34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/lar.2004.0032
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Date Posted: 19 February 2018
This document has been peer reviewed.