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Latin American Architecture

Bayon, Damian, and Murillo Marx. History of South American Colonial Art and Architecture: Spanish South America and Brazil. Rizzoli, 1992. Broad coverage of colonial architecture; copiously illustrated.

Fraser, Valerie. The Architecture of Conquest: Building in the Viceroyalty of Peru, 1535-1635. Cambridge University Press, 1990. Examines the early colonial architecture of Peru.

Hitchcock, Henry Russell. Latin American Architecture Since 1945. Arno, 1972. Illustrations, brief descriptions of buildings from 11 countries.

Holston, James. The Modernist City: An Anthropological Critique of Brasilia. University of Chicago Press, 1989. Scholarly exploration of issues relating to the failure of the planned city.

Kubler, George, and Martin Sebastian Soria. Art and Architecture in Spain and Portugal and Their American Dominions, 1500-1800. Penguin, 1959. Classic study.

Lemos, Carlos, ed. The Art of Brazil. Harper & Row, 1983. Comprehensive survey of art and architecture, including a chapter on modern developments by noted Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer.

Mullen, James Robert. Architecture and Its Sculpture in Viceregal Mexico. University of Texas Press, 1997. Thorough study of Mexican colonial architecture.

Pires, Fernando Tasso Fragoso, and others. Fazendas: The Great Houses and Plantations of Brazil. Abbeville, 1995. Pictorial survey of Brazilian coffee and sugar plantations.

Serge, Roberto, and Fernando Kusnetzoff. Latin America in Its Architecture. Holmes & Meier, 1982. Essays describing Latin American architecture and its evolution within its social milieu.

Underwood, David K. Oscar Niemeyer and the Architecture of Brazil. Rizzoli, 1994. Study of a leading modern architect.

Weismann, Elizabeth W., and Judith H. Sandoval. Art and Time in Mexico: The Architecture and Sculpture of Colonial Mexico. HarperCollins, 1990. Illustrated overview.

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