Sign-In
Cart
Leandro Valencia Locsin: Filipino Architect
Hardcover
ArchitectsArchitecture HistoryRegional Architecture
Currently unavailable to order
Please enter your email and a message will be sent to you when this product becomes available on our website.
ISBN13: 9783035620924
Publisher: Birkhauser
Published: Dec 6 2021
Pages: 320
Weight: 3.55
Height: 1.10 Width: 8.60 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
The largely unknown oeuvre of the
Philippine architect Leandro V. Locsin (1928-1994) embodies the search
for identity in the built environment.
Having completed his
studies, Locsin opened his practice in 1953 in the capital Manila which,
after the aerial attacks by the Allied forces for the liberation of the
destroyed. The reconstruction, as well as technical innovations and
favorable political and economic conditions, made it possible for him to
design a wide range and large number of projects, including hotels,
commercial buildings, churches, cultural venues, and public buildings.
His
work combines inspiration from modernism with local traditions and
comprises a total of 245 projects, of which more than half were
completed. The book presents a selection of the most important buildings
and projects.
- The first monograph of the architect Leandro V. Locsin
- Important representative of post-war Philippine modernism
- Sculptural concrete architecture, from the Expo pavilion to the airport
Also in
Architects
The Killer and Frank Lloyd Wright: The True Story of Mass Murder in Paradise
Sherman, Casey
Hardcover
The Art of Still Life: A Contemporary Guide to Classical Techniques, Composition, and Painting in Oil
Casey, Todd M.
Hardcover
Los Angeles Central Library Pops: Celebrating a Century of the Light of Learning
Rice, Christina
Hardcover
Frank Lloyd Wright's Illinois: Explore His Most Prolific State, from Prairie to Usonian
Hansen, Kristine
Paperback
Banksy You Are an Acceptable Level of Threat and If You Were Not You Would Know about It
Potter, Patrick
Hardcover
A Place to Call Home: Tradition, Style, and Memory in the New American House
Schafer III, Gil
Hardcover
Daniel Burnham and Louis Sullivan: Personal Histories of Two Icons of American Architecture
Thoreson, Trygve
Paperback
Building a Museum: This Is Not a Manual
Crawley, Monteil
Ghorbanian, Sarah
Anderson, Jamē
Hardcover
Georgia O'Keeffe and New Mexico: A Sense of Place
Turner, Frederick W.
Lynes, Barbara Buhler
Poling-Kempes, Lesley
Hardcover
Wildlife in American Art: Masterworks from the National Museum of Wildlife Art
Harris, Adam Duncan
Paperback
Beauty, Neuroscience, and Architecture: Timeless Patterns and Their Impact on Our Well-Being
Ruggles, Donald H.
Hardcover
Grand Avenues: The Story of Pierre Charles l'Enfant, the French Visionary Who Designed Washington, D.C.
Berg, Scott W.
Paperback
Drawing Codes: Experimental Protocols of Architectural Representation
Kudless, Andrew
Marcus, Adam
Hardcover
Frank Gehry & Robert Tannen: Art, Architecture & Ideas: The 50 Year Friendship Between Architects Frank Gehry & Robert Tannen
Gehry, Frank
Tannen, Robert
Paperback
Barragán Outside Barragán: A Journey Through Books, Trips, Exhibitions and Friends
Barragan, Luis
Canales, Fernanda
Paperback
Emery Roth's New York Apartment Buildings: Incorporating Mansions in the Clouds by Steven Ruttenbaum
Alpern, Andrew
Hardcover
Dallas & the New Tradition: The Architecture of Larry E. Boerder
Larry E Boerder Architects
Hardcover
Oblique Experiments: Claude Parent's Architectural Installations (1969-1975)
Siddiqui, Igor
Paperback
Building on Tradition: The Work of Curtis & Windham Architects
Windham, Russell
Curtis, William
Hardcover
Claying Architecture: Making Machine and Material Kin
Doyle, Shelby
Scelsa, Jonathan
Van Duck Murphy, Van Duck Murphy
Paperback
All the Queens Houses: An Architectural Portrait of New York's Largest and Most Diverse Borough
Herrin-Ferri, Rafael A.
Paperback
Wright Sites: A Guide to Frank Lloyd Wright Public Places
The Frank Lloyd Building Conservancy
Paperback
Architecture's Kinships: Projects and Programs Towards an Architecture of Interdependencies and Coexistence
Galán, Ignacio G.
Paperback
Frank Lloyd Wright's Wisconsin: How America's Most Famous Architect Found Inspiration in His Home State
Hansen, Kristine
Paperback
Broissin Architects: 25 Years in Silver
Broissin Covarrubias, Gerardo
Alvarez Tinajero, José Luis
Blake, Thelma
Hardcover