Mexican Contemporary Paperback by Herbert Ypma

Product Details

• Publisher: Thames and Hudson (2010-08-24)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 160 pages
• ISBN-13: 9780500288870
• Item Weight: 485.35 grams
• Dimensions: 22.23 x 17.14 x 1.91 cm

With this series of visual sourcebooks for designers, architects, artists, and everyone interested in home decoration, Herbert Ypma has created an innovative approach to interior design.

Here are some of the most outstanding recent projects by Mexican architects and designers such as Jose de Yturbe, Manuel Mestre, Luis Barragán, and Ricardo Legorreta. The diverse traditions of Mexico’s architectural and design history are reflected and re-created in their work: the mysterious monolithic architecture of the pre-Columbian era; the baroque, tile-clad cathedrals of the Catholic conquistadors; and the rugged character and massive proportions of the colonial hacienda.

To the three defining elements of Mexican architecture— the wall, the courtyard, and the ubiquitous use of color—this new generation has brought exciting innovations of scale and texture, creating spaces of massive volume and surfaces of exposed adobe, rusted steel, and weathered timber and stone.

About the Author

Herbert Ypma is a bestselling author and photographer whose groundbreaking HIP Hotels series inspired an entirely new genre of travel publishing. His many other books include RSVP: Simple Sophistication, Effortless Entertaining and Amazing Places Cost Nothing.