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Catalogue comprising 104 buildings in Monterrey that represent the best survivingexamples of the modern movement architecture. These examples of civil architecture constructedduring first half of the 20th century include Art Deco, Streamline and Modernist stylesLimitedavailability.

El objeto del presente trabajo es discriminar entre las obras arquitecto 'nicas realizadas por miembros del grupo De Stijl –o de su orbita– aquellas que entroncan con el elaborado discurso teórico de Mondrian, el cual no se limita a la pintura, sino que alcanza al resto de las artes plásticas, dentro de las cuales la arquitectura ocupa una posición muy precisa. Si deseamos rastrear la posible influencia de Mondrian sobre la arquitectura, esta no se puede limitar a la búsqueda de paralelismos formales más o menos felices. Nuestro interés se va a centrar en buscar en la arquitectura...

The book is a thorough analysis of the architectonic and urban development of the city of Oaxaca from the last decades of the colonial period to the early 20th century. The author presents a novel revision of the city during the Porfirio Diaz regime, concluding that Oaxaca was the natural historic consequence of previous periods. Enclosed booklet is a graphic appendix.

The present research work is based on original manuscripts and testimonies from architect González Gortázar (b. Mexico) regarding his transcendent architecture and urban designs. González Gortázar is considered at present one of the most important architects of México, creator of spaces and urban art that are now geometric symbols and references of the city of Guadalajara in México. The architect strongly practices the concept of "Space and Art" and where the city should never loose their social function for which it was originally conceived and constructed.