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Architect | Juan O'Gorman |
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Location | Mexico City, Mexico map | ||||
Date | 1953 timeline | ||||
Building Type | academic library | ||||
Construction System | tiled facades | ||||
Climate | dry temperate | ||||
Context | campus | ||||
Style | Modern, with Pre-Hispanic associations | ||||
Notes | Mosaic-decorated stackroom tower. | ||||
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Discussion | UNAM Library Commentary
Creator's Words "Desde el principio, tuve la idea de hacer mosaicos de piedras de colores en los muros ciegos de los acervos, con la técnica que ya tenía bien experimentada. Con estos mosaicos la biblioteca sería diferente al resto de los edificios de la Ciudad Universitaria, y con esto se le dio carácter mexicano." "The principle occurred to me, the idea, to make mosaics of stones of colors in the windowless walls of the stacks, using the technique that was already well established. With these mosaics the library would be different from the rest of the buildings of the City University, with this Mexican character." | ||||
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Sources on UNAM Library
Dennis Sharp. Twentieth Century Architecture: a Visual History. New York: Facts on File, 1990. ISBN 0-8160-2438-3. NA680.S517. context photo, p193. Available at Amazon.com Godfrey Thompson. Planning and Design of Library Buildings. Third Edition. London: Butterworth Architecture, 1989. ISBN 0-408-50024-7. LC 88-39168. Z679.T53 1989. exterior photo, p66. Available at Amazon.com Kevin Matthews. The Great Buildings Collection on CD-ROM. Artifice, 2001. ISBN 0-9667098-4-5. Available at Amazon.com
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