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20 hours ago · Contemporary Mexican architecture has attracted strong critical acclaim internationally. This has happened on the back of a resurging interest in Latin American Modernism and there is now a real ...
5 days ago · Over 200 photos from the Historic American Buildings Survey serve to illustrate 39 different styles from Spanish Colonial to Art Moderne. There is a "Pictorial Glossary of Terms" arranged by architectural element.
- Elizabeth Meyer
- 2011
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1 day ago · Sustainability in Mexican Indigenous Architecture: Materials and Methods. Mexican Indigenous architecture is a profound testament to the harmonious relationship between human habitation and the environment. This architectural tradition, deeply rooted in sustainability, utilizes locally sourced materials and methods that have evolved over centuries.
2 days ago · Unlike the Spanish expeditions in Mesoamerica, which conquered vast empires with relatively few men, the de Soto expedition wandered the American Southeast for four years, becoming more bedraggled, losing more men and equipment, and eventually arriving in Mexico as a fraction of its original size. The local people fared much worse though, as ...
20 hours ago · The Spanish–American War brought an end to almost four centuries of Spanish presence in the Americas, Asia, and the Pacific. The defeat and loss of the Spanish Empire's last remnants was a profound shock to Spain's national psyche and provoked a thorough philosophical and artistic reevaluation of Spanish society known as the Generation of '98 ...
- April 21 – August 13, 1898, (3 months, 3 weeks and 2 days)
1 day ago · The White House, Washington, DC. Undoubtedly the most famous property in America, the White House lies in the heart of Washington, DC, the country's picturesque capital. Built in 1792, the grand ...
1 day ago · The Alhambra (/ æ l ˈ h æ m b r ə /, Spanish:; Arabic: الْحَمْرَاء, romanized: al-ḥamrāʼ ) is a palace and fortress complex located in Granada, Andalusia, Spain. It is one of the most famous monuments of Islamic architecture and one of the best-preserved palaces of the historic Islamic world , in addition to containing ...
